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Watershed Groups:
Friends of the Russell Fork
http://forf.weebly.com
FORF is a watershed group based in the town of Haysi with an office on the campus of
Haysi High School. The Friends Of the Russell Fork is comprised of local citizens who
want to improve the quality of the waterways in the Russell Fork watershed, restore the
diversity of aquatic life, and promote economic development in their community. The
FORF partners with schools, businesses, government agencies, and non-profits to clean
illegal dump sites, monitor streams and raise public awareness about environmental issues.
The Appalachian Coal
Country Watershed Team
www.accwt.org
Founded in response to requests from watershed groups throughout coal country, the
work of the Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT) supports a growing
movement that
is quietly bringing new strength and new hope to the Appalachian region. The Watershed
Team arms community organizations and watershed-based projects with the training,
tools, stewards, community leaders, and accelerators of change in places indelibly marked
by the environmental legacy of pre-regulatory coal mining. Together, the Team and its
local partners are propelling a new Appalachian economy based on conservation and
development.
Lonesome Pine Soil and Water Conservation District
http://lpswcd.org
The Lonesome Pine Soil and Water Conservation District is an organization which
cooperates with local, state, federal governments, local citizens, groups and businesses to
preserve our nation’s soil and water resources.
Soil and water conservation districts are basic components of a multilevel organization
structure that joins local, regional, state and federal agencies in a common effort with
citizens to conserve and use wisely the nation’s basic natural resources.
The Lonesome Pine Soil and Water Conservation District provides residents and land
owners in Dickenson and Wise Counties assistance to wisely manage and maintain their
valuable natural resources.