FROM DGIF: Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Fw: April-May Western Phase VBWT Community Meetings > FYI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BirdingTrail BirdingTrail" <BirdingTrail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:28 PM > Subject: April-May Western Phase VBWT Community Meetings > > > Greetings to our Western phase Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail friends! > > As you've seen in our last couple e-updates, we will be holding community > meetings throughout western Virginia later this month and in mid-May. The > purpose of these meetings is discuss the site evaluation process, Trail > implementation, and potential for associated community development and > conservation efforts. These meetings will also be your best opportunity to > let us know about any other sites not already nominated that we should add > to the list. Interested citizens, business owners, nominators, nominees, > and community leaders are invited to attend the April meetings, which will > be held at seven locations, or the May meeting in Carroll County. With more > than 330 sites to visit, our survey teams will begin their work in May, but > we expect that they will spend most of the summer completing their work. > > Meetings will be held in the following locations (mapped links to meeting > locations available by Thursday, April 11 on our web site directly at: > http://www.dgif.state.va.us/040892-WVBWTMeetings.html): > > Monday, April 22, 2002 > Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > Location: Dorchester Community Center, Norton > > Tuesday, April 23, 2002 > Time: 10:00 a.m.-Noon > Location: Marion Municipal Building--Council Chambers > > Tuesday, April 23, 2002 > Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > Location: Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville > > Wednesday, April 24, 2002 > Time: 10:00 a.m. - Noon > Location: Roanoke County Public Library-Main Branch > > Wednesday, April 24, 2002 > Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > Location: Bath County Public Library, Warm Springs > > Thursday, April 25, 2002 > Time: 10:00 a.m.-Noon > Location: Warren County Government Complex, Front Royal > > Thursday, April 25, 2002 > Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > Location: Augusta County Government Center, Verona > > Monday, May 13, 2002 > Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. > Location: Doe Run Lodge, Fancy Gap (sponsored by Blue Ridge Travel > Association of Virginia) > > Please share this information with anyone you think would be interested in > learning more about the Trail and this component of the development process. > > We look forward to seeing you at one of our meetings! If you have any > questions, please let us know at (804) 367-4335 or > birdingtrail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thomas Horsch Mountain Biking Information for the Mt Rogers Virginia Area, www.bikeguy.net Adventure Damascus Bike Shop www.AdventureDamascus.com Clinch Valley Eco-Tours with The Nature Conservancy www.AdventureDamascus.com/adventure/ecohome.html Virginia Creeper Trail Cottage Rentals www.creepercottage.com ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958