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(Bluefield)— This region’s portion of the oldest river in North America received a makeover, courtesy of an effort coordinated by a Bluefield State College faculty member and a team of volunteers that included several BSC student organizations and alumni.
Students representing the BSC American Society of Civil Engineers Student Club, and campus Greek organizations Lambda Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Gamma, and BSC alumni were among the 100+ volunteers involved in the September 8 clean up, beginning at Foster Falls, near the Shot Tower and I-77.
“Foster Falls (just 40 minutes from Bluefield) is the New River State Park’s headquarters,” noted Dr. Michael Smith, Associate Dean/School of Arts & Sciences at BSC. Smith chairs a New River Watershed Roundtable (NRWR) committee focused upon cleaning up the New River. “More than one million people visit the park each year, and the greatest number come through Foster Falls.”
“The New River is a beautiful river and it is enjoyed by many, many people,” he continued. “The New River has been littered with all types of debris and trash, including tires, bottles, cans, and refrigerators, in recent years. Every organization and individual involved in this effort accomplished something very positive and meaningful in an ecologically important community service project.”
The NRWR clean up initiative was part of the national “Adopt-A-Stream” program. Volunteers cleaned a 25 mile segment of the New River on September 8.
September 24, 2007
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