Issue 16•February 2006                                Keeping you informed about the land and water we care about.
You can reach us by phone:  540-674-0166; or mail:  Friends of Claytor Lake, PO Box 815, Pulaski, VA 24301
We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the Council Chamber of the Dublin Town Hall

This issue’s content:

    Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Plan Meeting
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Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Plan Meeting
The Friends of Claytor Lake and the Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting
on Saturday, January 21st regarding The Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Plan For
Claytor Lake. The meeting was held as a forum for discussion between all
stakeholders of Claytor Lake and the Corps of Engineers. It took place over a
period of three hours from 2 to 5 in the afternoon in the Richardson Auditorium
on the NRCC Campus. The extended meeting time was designed to allow stakeholders
time to air their concerns, provide valuable input to the Corps and to become familiar
with some of the alternatives being examined for the project.


Corps engineers and Claytor Lake stakeholders discuss the impacted areas of the lake.

There was some very good discussion between the Corps and those stakeholders
present (including discussions of the highly impacted areas of the lake, hydrilla
infestation, the idea of catching debris before it enters the lake, the management
of the sedimentation process through dredging and the construction of point bars
and islands)—but we had hoped for a greater turnout from the Claytor Lake
Community.

In an effort to encourage your participation, we thought it might be a good idea to
introduce you to the members of the Corps who are working on this project:

Representatives of the Corps working on the Aquatic Ecosystem Plan:

  Ben Borda     Amanda Dethman   Janet Cote       Lisa Morgan       John Preston

Corps contact information:
   Ben Borda:  Anthony.B.Borda@lrh01.usace.army.mil
   Lisa Morgan:  Lisa.R.Morgan@lrh01.usace.army.mil
   Beth Cade (not pictured):  Beth.A.Cade@lrh01.usace.army.mil

In addition, we want to make sure you’re familiar with the representatives of the
partners on this project:

APCO                DCR                 FOCL                 Pulaski County   VDGIF   

 Teresa Rogers     Dave Collett        Ron Powers      Pete Huber       John Copeland

Not pictured:  Russell Alls of the Izaak Walton League

As a stakeholder in the future of Claytor Lake, your participation and support of this
project is vital! Another meeting along these lines—to obtain stakeholder input and
provide an update on the Corps’ thinking on the project—is being planned for June.
Be on the lookout for the date of this next meeting and come and meet the engineers
and project partners in person!
 
Partner & Corps Representatives in front of a kiosk at the meeting.

Ben Borda, Teresa Rogers, John Copeland, Ranny Akers, Dave Collett, Lisa Morgan,  Lynn Sharp (of
The New River Watershed Roundtable) and Ron Powers at the meeting.
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Thanks for your support of FOCL and Claytor Lake. http://www.focl.org


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