Institute's handbook offers conservation strategies
As city officials scramble to slow the decrease of local water reserves, the University's Institute for Environmental Negotiation is exploring long-term plans that could prevent future shortages.
The Institute's new publication, "A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments," is a 63-page manual intended to help local governments within the Chesapeake Bay's 64,000-square-mile drainage basin protect their streams by implementing many facets of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement.
The agreement, signed by the governors of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the mayor of Washington, D.C., and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sets goals for states within the region, such as creating 2,010 additional miles of forested stream buffers by 2010 and developing watershed plans that cover two-thirds of the bay's drainage basin.
Historical Society to host upcoming 2002 Spirit Walk
In an effort to preserve the history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, the Albemarle County Historical Society will host the 2002 Spirit Walk on Oct. 25, 26 and 27.
A popular annual community event, the Spirit Walk is an evening walking tour of downtown Charlottesville featuring costumed guides playing the roles of some of Charlottesville's past personalities, including Jack Jouett, called "Charlottesville's Paul Revere" and Marguerite de Crescioli, a local bawdy house owner.
-- Compiled by Paul Quinlan
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