FOC Conservation Technician Job Announcement
Type: Full-time Permanent Location: Kingwood,West Virginia. Some work will be performed in Randolph, Pocahontas, and Tucker counties. Start Date: No sooner than 10/1/23 and no...
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2024 West Virginia Stream Partners Grant Applications Invited
The West Virginia’s Stream Partners Program (SPP) is a cooperative effort amoung multiple state agencies and is housed within the...
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MARAD Designates Two New Marine Highway Routes
While in Alaska, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces the designation of two new Marine Highway Routes, as part of...
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MONONGAHELA RIVER LOCKS & DAMS 2, 3 & 4 PROJECT
On July 20 there was a meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky. James Shibata of...
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RWD Introduces Students To Life On The River
The Waterways Journal July 24, 2023 By Nelson Spencer Jr. (abstract by W. Venable) In 2004… AEP River Operations (AEP)...
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McCollum Campground
Born in 1813, Barclay McCollum moved from Sandy Creek in Preston County to the Cooper’s Rock area to establish a...
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What the ‘M79’ designation would really mean
by Wallace Venable When we talk and think about rivers, many of us tend to mix romance with reality. That...
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Pittsburgh District welcomes new commander
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will transfer leadership during a Change of Command ceremony Friday, Aug. 4,...
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Low Water Returns To River Systems
Abstract by W. Venable According to the July 4 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covered 22.6 percent of...
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Historic Cheat Lake Area
The description of this pre-1926 photo from the WV Regional History Center reads: “Two unidentified women relax on the river...
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