Posted on 05 February 2013. Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Commonwealth Virginia, Dam Safety, Department Of Conservation And Recreation, Erosion And Sediment Control, Flood Prevention, High Heaven, Naming Names, Power Grab, Preservation Areas, Republican Delegates, Soil And Water, Soil And Water Conservation, Soil And Water Conservation Districts, Virginia Republicans, Virginia Soil, Water Conservation Board, Water Conservation Districts, Water Control, Water Quality Planning, Water Quality Programs
Virginia House Bill 2048 stinks to high heaven. Agenda 21 – the United Nation’s plan to control land, sea and air is now well on the way to becoming law as it passed the “Conservative” House of Delegates. Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to [...]
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Posted on 23 April 2011. Tags: Agenda 21, Construction Maintenance, District Director, Facebook, Flood Prevention, Harry Byrd, Iclei, Maintenance Operation, Prevention Project, Soil And Water, Soil And Water Conservation, Soil And Water Conservation District, Soil Conservation, Swcd, Virginia Board, Virginia Code, Virginia Soil, Water Commissioner, Water Conservation District, Water Management
There is an obscure position in Virginia – Soil and Water Conservation District Director – that is elected. The Hanover/Caroline Soil and Water Conservation District is a government agency set up in the 1930s (I suspect it was elected by Harry Byrd to keep the patronage away from FDR in Virginia) and the directors are [...]
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