River News. Check out the latest articles affecting the rivers in West Virginia.


National Park Service Purchases Critical Gauley River Access - May 15, 2008
W.Va. has no plans to Test for Drugs in Water - March 10, 2008

AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water - March 10, 2008

Stream Protection Bill Heads to Governor - March 7, 2008

Now 309 Streams on the Tier 2.5 List - January 9, 2008

Planning Meeting for the New River Gorge, Your input is needed!
- November 7, 2007
Bush Mountain Top Removal Rule will Destroy Streams - Your comments needed by Nov. 23, 2007! - November 7, 2007

WVRC is making headlines with the international group Oceana over the mercury pollution from the PPG Plant in Natrium, WV.
Charleston Gazette - July 19, 2007
Herald Dispatch - July 19, 2007
The State Journal - July 20, 2007
Associated Press Chattanooga - July 20, 2007

Manchin orders DEP to cut back stream list - June 14, 2007
Tier 2.5 Stream List Comments Needed - June 7, 2007
Big Sandy - Rockville Access Update - June 7, 2007

Tier 2.5 Stream List Getting Cut - May 12, 2007
South Branch of the Potomac River update from DNR - May 11, 2007
2007 Post State Legislature Review - May 11, 2007
WV Rivers Coalition raft team takes first at Webster Wildwater Weekend
- May 7, 2007

West Virginia Rivers Coalition and WV Highlands Conservancy take legal action on funds for state mine cleanup program - March 29, 2007

Drug flushing could affect fish - March 25, 2007

4 Mining Permits Blocked - March 24, 2007

Blackwater Spills Into Peachtree Creek - March 19, 2007

1000 Suckers Found Dead - 2007
Fish Kill Reported on the Shenandoah River - December 7, 2006

DEP Defends Adoption of Bush Mercury Emission Rule 7 - November 29, 2006