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Virginia Passes Second Bill to Protect Wildlife Corridors


Virginia Passes Second Bill to Protect Wildlife Corridors
Posted by Staff | Feb 25, 2021 | News | |
RICHMOND, Va. (February 24, 2021) The Virginia General Assembly yesterday passed critical legislation to protect wildlife corridors and help keep drivers safer. This bill, SB 1274, builds on the wildlife corridor legislation that passed last year, creating a comprehensive program to identify wildlife corridors, protect motorists from collisions with animals, and address barriers to wildlife movement.
The bill passed with strong bipartisan support.
SB 1274 directs key agencies to incorporate wildlife corridors and road crossings into their planning across Virginia.  This legislation builds on the successful wildlife corridor legislation passed last year which directed the Commonwealth to produce a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (WCAP) to identify important wildlife corridors and road crossings. This legislation directs the departments of Conservation and Recr ....

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Work at Rapidan Mill Dam could improve water quality


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For more than 80 years, the dam spanning the river at the Rapidan Mill has blocked the migration of any number of freshwater and anadromous fish seeking to spawn upstream.
That’s why a group of local, state and federal partners are working together to consider possible alterations to the 200-foot concrete dam in the village of Rapidan.
Last month, the Rapidan Partnership, a part of the Center for Natural Capital headquartered in the historic Rapidan Mill, announced the Rapidan Fish Passage Project—a study that could yield dam modifications with the potential to restore more than 540 miles of river habitat in Virginia. ....

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