Restoration & Land Stewardship

North Carolina Virginia

We have been working with the New River State Park and Ashe County, NC to help improve access to recreation in our watershed, one access at a time. Because of generous donors, Elk Shoals is now completed, and a new access park upstream will finish completion in 2023. These projects stabilized and restored the riverbanks and riparian buffer of the South Fork of the New River.

With our partners, New River Conservancy hosted volunteer events to plant 6,400 native trees and shrubs along Stroubles Creek at Virginia Tech as part of the Big Plant in February 2023. Stroubles Creek is a federally listed ‘impaired waterway.’ One of the top stressors leading to the impairment is a lack of native riparian buffers.

West Virginia

We continue to monitor our 3 conservation easements and are increasing our activities in West Virginia. We currently have 6 active grants to help us in our work:

Hydroflask supports reduction in single use plastics Department of Environmental Protection helps river cleanups

American Water goes towards our interactive map National Park Service supports Clean Water Alliance WVDEP AGO towards green infrastructure education Stream Partners for our work on water quality

River Cleanups

West Virginia

In West Virginia, we organized 11 clean up events and cleaned

53.5 miles of riverbank.

With 122 volunteers, we pulled 20,500 pounds of trash & 311 tires from the New River Watershed.

Virginia

In Virginia, we organized 3 clean up events and cleaned

5 miles of riverbank.

With 40 volunteers, we pulled 2,400 pounds of trash & 53 tires from the New River Watershed.

North Carolina

In North Carolina, we organized 4 clean up events and cleaned

10 miles of riverbank.

With 21 volunteers, we pulled 1,400 pounds of trash & 11 tires from the New River Watershed.