- Sponsored Instream Flow (MIF) conferences to initiate MIF legislation(1988).
- MIF State Advisory Board participation(1988).
- MIF legislation (5 bills) became law (1989), modifying riparian law for the first
time in Va. history, FORVA helped develop regulations.
- Staunton River MIF public hearings (I989-1990) set a precedent on minimum flows
for boating, fishing & riparian impacts.
- Maury River MIF public hearing (1990) FORVA research and presentation.
- FORVA initiates funding effort for DGIF (1992). Signed into law April 1994.
- FORVA comments on Tier III draft regs. (1993-1994). Nominates sections,
attends hearings.
- F0RVA files successfully as intervenor before the US Supreme Court on legal standing issue for Virginia citizens (1995-1997).
- FORVA signs first conservation easement on 180 acres on New River (1996).
- Participates in Staunton River MIF hearings (2000), stopping increased withdrawals.
- Helps obtain funding to purchase 27 acres on New River as a primitive park (2000-2001).
- Publishes and distributes Virginia's first State of Our Rivers Report (2001).
Conducts statewide speaking tour on river report and river needs (2001).
- FORVA participates in Big Island Dam relicensing, resulting in two new river access points (2003).
- FORVA nominates and leads successful effort for designation of Virginia's first two Tier III streams on private land (2004).
- FORVA participates in Cushaw Dam relicensing, initiates effort for new river access (2004).
- Other FORVA involvement:
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- Roanoke River fish kill (Va's 2nd Largest)
- New River FERC, re-licensing (2 dams)
- Jackson River (Westvaco) access
- New River power lines &
power plants
- Roanoke River flood reduction project
- James River Big Island Dam re-licensing
- Statewide impaired waters mapping
- Statewide invasive species education
- Statewide acid rain problems
- Statewide boating access issues
- Statewide abandoned dam removal
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