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Augusta County Fishing Expo

Friends of the Middle River will be at the 9th Annual Fishing Expo in Fishersville on January 29th and 30th. We'll be displaying the new kayak that we will raffle off later this year. Come to see the kayak and do your fishing gear shopping to round out your tackle box! Once again, we are grateful to Bob's Up the Creek Outfitters for generously offering discounts to us to get a great boat again this year!

What: Vendor show with an emphasis on the sport of fishing

When: Saturday, January 29th from 9am-5pm

Sunday, January 30th from 9am-3pm

Location: 277 Expo Road, Fishersville, VA 22939

Cost: Free admission

More info HERE.

Organized by Augusta County Bass.

FOMR Paddle Trip Survey

In February, the FOMR paddle trip committee will meet to plan out our slate of monthly paddle trips for 2022 and we would love some feedback about what you would like to see offered! Please take our survey HERE! If you are interested in participating in the planning meeting, you can indicate that on the survey and will receive info about the meeting on Thursday, February 10th at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held simultaneously both in-person and also via Zoom.

Rotating Our Board Members

We give our heartfelt thanks to three folks leaving our Board of Directors and a warm welcome to the two new persons joining!

Leaving our board, but not our hearts, are Pete Cooper (Benthic Monitoring Committee Chair), Carolyn Ford (FriendsFest Chair), and Tom Shapcott (E.coli Monitoring Chair). Thank you for your years of service to FOMR, our River and our community.

Bringing their talents with them and joining in on the fun are Nancy Stevenson and Todd Holt, pictured above. Welcome to the party!

Clean Water Webinar Series

Below is is the 2022 spring Clean Water Webinar Series developed by the Bay Program's Local Leadership Workgroup and the Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration. The series is free and open to everyone, but registration is required for each individual webinar. Click on links below to register! Updated info about the webinars will be available HERE.

January 20th - A Planner's Guide to the Chesapeake Bay
February 17th - Plan Integration for Resilience AND Equity
March 17th - Leveraging Hazard Mitigation for Water Quality Benefits
April 21st - How to Leverage Conservation, Open Space and Parks Funding to Maximize Multiple Benefits
May 19th - The One Water Approach and How it Benefits the Bay
June 16th - Smart Growth Tools for Protecting Water Resources

December's E. coli Report

The lower Middle River stretch of the river we are monitoring continues to look amazingly healthy with respect to E. coli! We have been accustomed to seeing E. coli levels in the 1000's in the Upper Middle River and Christians Creek. These lower counts for this section mean that the fecal contamination in this stretch is low, which in turn means that the runoff from our pastures along the river is low--runoff of fertilizers, pesticides and other bad stuff. So, this is all great news for our wonderful river!

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