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Fly Fishing the Nation’s Capital
The North Branch of the Potomac River has its share of problems despite its beauty and reputation of a good fishing destination only 3 hours from Washington DC.
Learn more about the issues that plague this part of the river.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2017 marked 1000 days since the residents of Flint, MI have had safe drinking water free of lead and other toxic contaminants.
Read MoreRemember this post about fracking and gas pipelines coming your backyard?
Well we weren't quite prepared to read that in West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin has decided that your rights don't matter.
Read MoreHancock, MD - Protestors marched through town to oppose a fracked gas pipeline proposal to move product from Pennsylvania to West Virginia by tunneling underneath the C&O Canal and beneath the Potomac River.
Read MoreThe city of Alexandria has decided to continue to allow raw sewage to flow into the Potomac River daily - unbeknownst to local residents, despite the no swimming signs that let the public know that a mixture of raw sewage and storm water washes in during and after rainstorms.
Read MoreWAMU Public Radio Reports Dominion paid for Virginia DEQ Director, David Paylor to attend Masters Tournament and paid $1200 bar tab, yet Paylor remains silent on Dominion 27.5 million gallon coal ash waste water dump Director said never happened.
Read MoreI got a chance to fish with Capt. Alex and friend "Redfish Chuck" Levi while in northern Florida this past December. One of the issues we encountered was dirty water and poor water visibility. We really needed to head downriver to find some clean water. Both Chuck and Alex told me about the cleanliness of the river, of the problems with the dying manatee grass and lack of submerged aquatic vegetation, and how it was affecting the fishery. It was apparent then, and has gotten progressively worse.
Read MoreCharlottesville, VA—Today, on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed an appeal of the permit issued by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to Dominion that would allow the company to pollute Quantico Creek and the Potomac River with more than 150 million gallons of coal ash wastewater contaminated with high levels of toxic metals from the Possum Point Power Station.
Read MoreThe Virginia State Water Control Board got this wrong BIG TIME - write to your congressman and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that dumping coal ash into the Potomac River at Possum Point is BAD FOR THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER AND RESIDENTS!
http://www.bayjournal.com/…/breaking_dominions_permit_to_dr…
Please support Potomac Riverkeeper Network and call your congressman!
Read MorePossible fines coming for Verso pollution of the North Branch of the Potomac with synthetic latex.
http://www.times-news.com/…/article_4964ee44-02c9-5b9c-b9fa…
Read MoreFreshwater intake downstream is at risk, as well as river life. Let's hope for the best!
Ten thousand gallons of latex used for paper coating from the Verso paper mill ended up in the North Branch of the Potomac River during a four-hour period, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
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