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Virginia has five distinct regions:  Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. This video describes these five Regions of Virginia and highlights the historical and geographical significance of these areas.

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* The Coastal Plain is a gently seaward-sloping surface of very low topographic relief. The maximum elevation is about 500 feet near the Fall Line on the western edge.

difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points of an area

Left: Coastal Plain east of Richmond is dominated by a flat landscape; right: igneous rocks that form rapids in the James River in Richmond is in the Piedmont. (Photographs by Robert Whisonant)

Left photograph shows the relatively featureless Coastal Plain surface east of Richmond. Right photograph shows the rapids on the James River at Richmond that mark the western edge of the Coastal Plain. Igneous rocks in the Piedmont form the rapids in the river.

* The Piedmont is made up of low hills and shallow valleys. Its surface also slopes eastward. It has a maximum elevation of about 1500 to 2500 feet on its peaks.

Piedmont landscape in Albemarle County (Photograph by Stan Johnson)

Piedmont literally means foothills. This photograph shows the foothills of the western Piedmont in Albemarle County.

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The Coastal Plain is a gently seaward-sloping surface of very low topographic relief. The maximum elevation is about 500 feet near the Fall Line on the western edge. difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points of an area Left: Coastal Plain east of Richmond is dominated by a flat landscape; right: igneous rocks that form rapids in the James River in Richmond is in the Piedmont.

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Rivers and Watersheds of Virginia

Virginia has been shaped by its rivers. Storms have carved away at the land since the continents and the atmosphere emerged, and the rivers have carried "Virginia" mountains to the oceans before the current mountains (or oceans) even existed.

What we see today is a brief snapshop, in geologic time. In another billion years, old mountains will be flattened by erosion, new mountains will be uplifted by tectonic forces, and rivers will move their channels as the perpetual process of erosion continues to reshape the landscape.

Church Hill in Richmond, site of Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech at St. John's Church on March 23, 1775, is on the high ground (watershed divide) between Shockoe Creek and Stony Run/Gillie Creek
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS), Richmond 1:24,000 scale topographic map (2010)

Today the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Front are the primary topographic features directing water towards the east or west. Virginia's rivers have been carrying sediments downstream, reshaping the surface of the state, for eons. The New River was flowing even before the continents smashed into each other 300 million years ago, before "thundering lizards" left their dinosaur tracks in the sandstones of Triassic Basins.

Most Virginia rivers were redirected by the Appalachian Orogeny, 300 million years ago, and subsequent creation of the Atlantic Ocean. The New River is unique because it continued to flow through its old channel, and cut through the Appalachian Mountains as they rose. The current New River Gorge in West Virginia is just the most recent demonstration of how the energy in the New River's falling water can defeat the strength of rising rock...

A map of the hydrography of Virginia shows the rivers run in different directions. They do not all flow south, or "down the map." Rain falling in Southwest Virginia ends up flowing though Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia to the Ohio River, then down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.

When the clouds move just a little further to the north or east, the rainfall will run downhill in the other direction. It can follow the Roanoke River watershed to Albemarle/Pamlico Sound, or the James River/Potomac River watersheds to the Chesapeake Bay.

When it quits raining, streams do not dry up immediately. Water in the ground seeps into the drainages. Sometimes the water emerges in a defined location called a spring; sometimes to seeps in less obvious ways into streams and rivers.

A river will run even during a drought, as groundwater from previous rains seeps through the soil to the low spots. In a drought, those groundwater levels will gradually drop, just as a wet sponge left out in the sun will gradually dry from the top to the bottom.

When the groundwater level drops below the level of the stream, then the bed of the stream - the sand, mud, or rocks in the bottom - will be exposed. In the summertime, many areas have edges of their streambeds showing rounded rocks and, occasionally, flopping fish in remaining pools of water. The rocks had rough edges when they first reached the earth's surface through erosion, but got rounded edges as the rocks were bounced around and washed downstream.

It's the natural cycle for rivers to etch the landscape, until ultimately (if left unaffected by other forces) the mountains are transformed into hills and then into a flat level plain. In the continental collisions before the Appalachian orogeny, 25,000-feet high mountains were located where Emporia and Richmond are located today. In the last 300 million years, Virginia's rivers have eroded those mountains away. Today you can see the incredible sediments carried westward, in the layers of sandstone and shale stretching from western Virginia through West Virginia to the Great Lakes.

shorelines erode and paths of rivers change over time

Thousands of feet of sediments eroded westward off the mountain ranges pushed up by the Taconic and Acadian orogenies, filling the lowlands in the center of the continent and forming today's Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Perhaps an equal amount eroded to the east, prior to the creation of the Atlantic Ocean. After the continents split again and the Atlantic was formed, the sediments on the Coastal plain and the Coastal Shelf were deposited primarily by the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James rivers (as they are known today, in their current locations).

Much of the largest estuary in the Western Hemisphere is located in Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay is the drowned mouth of the Susquehanna and James rivers. Both rivers once ran separately to the Atlantic Ocean, before sea level rose after the last glacial period and formed the modern bay about 3,000 years ago. You can still see evidence of the separate river channels at the mouth of the bay.

artificial stream to drain stormwater behind Research 1 building on Fairfax Campus of GMU

When the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was built, the U.S. Navy required a portion of the span be constructed as an underwater tunnel. This was intended to prevent an enemy from collapsing the bridge, blocking the shipping channels, and trapping the aircraft carriers at Norfolk. There are two tunnels now - the southern one in the deep channel that was carved by the ancestral James River, and the northern tunnel in the channel of the old Susquehanna River.

The southeast portion of modern Virginia is known today as both Hampton Roads and as Tidewater, but Tidewater is also applied to all portions of Virginia where the water level is affected by the tides - which is most of the land east of I-95 and north of US 460. Tidewater is not necessarily saltwater. Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and Richmond are tidewater ports. After a heavy rain upstream, the water in those ports may be completely fresh, with no brackish/salt water at the surface, but the tides will still cause the fresh water to rise and fall at the docks.

Virginia requires separate fishing licenses for saltwater and freshwater, and separate agencies enforce regulations. Back Bay, Northwest River, North Landing River, Dismal Swamp Canal south of Deep Creek Locks, and the Intercoastal Waterway upstream to Great Bridge Locks are defined as "freshwater." The boundary between salt/fresh is defined as:1

River

Line

Potomac River

Rt. 301 Bridge

Rappahannock River

Rt. 360 Bridge

Piankatank River/Dragon Run

The 1st set of power lines immediately upriver of Anderson Point

York River System (including the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers)

Rt. 33 Bridges

James River

A line connecting Hog Point on Hog Island (Surry County) and the downstream point of the mouth of College Creek (James City County).

pontoon bridges temporarily blocked steamships from using stretches of rivers
Source: HathiTrust, Harper's Weekly, Jones Neck, From General Foster's Headquarters Near Malvern Hill On the James (July 23, 1864, p.468)

Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia
Source: Choose Clean Water (click on image for map of full watershed)

Links

American Rivers

American Whitewater

Center for Watershed Protection

Chickahominy Watershed Alliance

Clean Virginia Waterways

Environmental Protection Agency

Float Fishermen of Virginia

Friends of the Shenandoah River

Friends of the Rappahannock

Guest River Restoration Project (one of several awards from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation

Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers Association

National Academy of Sciences - Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources

National Association of Conservation Districts

National Forest watershed planning

National Watershed Network

National Weather Service - River Forecast Centers

Navigable Rivers, 1930

Pennsylvania Watersheds

Powell River Project

River Basins in North Carolina

RiverLink - Links

Saving Our Watersheds (National Wildlife Federation)

Shenandoah Valley Pure Water 2000 Forum

Shenandoah Watershed Study (SWAS)/Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity Study

St. Mary's Wilderness Liming Project

The Nature Conservancy:

Upper Tennessee River Roundtable

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Department of Agriculture

US Geological Survey (USGS)

Daily Streamflow Conditions for Virginia

Hydrologic Unit Maps

Real-Time Water Data for Virginia

The Quality of Our Nation's Waters, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1225

Water Quality in the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia, 1992-95, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1157

Water Quality in the Potomac River Basin, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1992-96, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1166

Water Resources of Virginia

Water Science for Schools

Water Use in the United States

Water Watch

What percentage of Virginia is water? How does that compare to other states...

Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Virginia Coast Reserve: Long-Term Ecological Research

Virginiaconservation.org

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Soil and Water Conservation Programs

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Programs

Virginia Department of Health

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Virginia River and Watershed Groups

Virginia Save Our Streams

Virginia Tides and Benchmarks

Virginia Transportation Research Council

Virginia Water Resources Research Center

Watershed Radio

Watersheds - Where the Atmosphere Meets the Earth

West Virginia - Geology of the New River Gorge

References

1. "Freshwater/Saltwater License Lines on Tidal Waters," Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/regulations/tidalwaters.asp (last checked August 15, 2012)

groins on James River, to reduce erosion
at Fort Boykin (Isle of Wight County)
Virginia Places

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Virginia has been shaped by its rivers. Storms have carved away at the land since the continents and the atmosphere emerged, and the rivers have carried "Virginia" mountains to the oceans before the current mountains (or oceans) even existed. What we see today is a brief snapshop, in geologic time.

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The Chain Bridge is a viaduct which crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C.. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a day. It connects Washington with affluent sections of Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia. On the Washington side, the bridge connects with Canal Road. Left turns onto the Clara Barton Parkway from the Chain Bridge are prohibited, but the reverse is permitted. On the Virginia side, the bridge connects with State Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road), which provides access to the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

The Chain Bridge has three lanes (of which the center is reversible) and can be safely accessed by pedestrians and cyclists. The pedestrian sidewalk provides access to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath via a ramp. The bridge also carries water mains which provides Arlington County with water from the Washington Aqueduct.

The first bridge at the location was opened on July 3, 1797. It was a wooden covered bridge, and rotted and collapsed in 1804. The second bridge, of similar type, burned six months after it was built.

The third bridge was built four years later in 1808, and its method of construction gave subsequent iterations their names. It was a chain suspension bridge, using 1¼ inch bars. It was designed by Judge James E. Finley, and was 136 feet long by 15 feet wide. It was destroyed by flood in 1810 or 1812. The fourth bridge was also a chain suspension bridge, and though damaged by floods in 1815, it lasted until 1840. The fifth bridge was built in 1840, and made of chain and wood. This span collapsed in 1852.

It was replaced by a crossbeam truss structure that resembled a long garden arbor or pergola, but retained its historical name. During the American Civil War, the Chain Bridge was a popular place for the Union Army to access the countryside encampments from Fairfax County. The bridge is the site of the first Union Army Balloon Corps balloon crossing, which took place overnight on October 12, 1861, conducted by Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and a band of handlers who had to precariously traverse the outsides of the fully trellised bridge. In a nine-hour ordeal, the balloon Union was fully inflated in Washington and walked out to the battlefield at Lewinsville, Virginia.

The truss bridge was swept away in an 1870 flood, and a lightweight iron truss replacement was erected in 1872-1874. Traffic restrictions were placed on the bridge in the 1920s, and it was fully closed following the record flood of 1936.

The eighth and present version of the bridge is a continuous steel girder structure, completed in 1938 on piers dating from the 1870s.

In 1982, the bridge was significantly overhauled. The overhaul widened the three 10-foot wide lanes with a 12 foot wide one and two 11 foot ones. It also replaced a set of stairs from the bridge to the C&O Trail with a ramp, removed the sidewalk on the downstream side, added a crash barrier between the sidewalk and roadway, replaced the old railing with a fence and replaced heavy concrete with a lighter type that allowed the bridge to hold more weight.

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The Chain Bridge is a viaduct which crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C.. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a day. It connects Washington with affluent sections of Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia. On the Washington side, the bridge connects with Canal Road.

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James River Bridge (US-17)

The first fixed link across Hampton Roads was the two-lane US-17 James River Bridge that was completed in 1928. It was narrow, with a 20-foot roadway from curb to curb. The new four-lane bridge was completed in stages from 1975 to 1982. The bridge also carries US-258 and VA-32.

The whole new bridge cost $75 million, a lot of money for that era back then, and the desire was to build the bridge with road user taxes and without toll revenue bonds. The James River Bridge was a toll facility from its opening in 1928 to 1975 when it became toll-free. Most state DOTs were experiencing funding limitations during that era. For these reasons, it was built in stages.

It is an interesting drive at night too. The bridge has continuous lighting, and heading west the row of lights goes so far that it almost goes down to a point in the extreme distance. Heading east, you can see the well-lighted industrial areas of Newport News.

External links

Newport News --- James River Bridge, Newport News, Va. - Postcard with photo. Excerpt (blue text):
Virginia Images Gallery--James River Bridge Virginia Images Gallery--James River Bridge at Dusk
Credits

(Created 8-15-1997, last updated 6-5-2004)

All photos taken by Scott Kozel, except aerial.

Copyright © 1997-2004 by Scott Kozel. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse, or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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By Scott M. Kozel, Roads to the Future

The crossing of the James River - Has a 1948 photo of the original James River Bridge. Excerpt (blue text):

Day or night, heading east, you can see the Newport News Shipbuilding complex to the right about 1/2 mile south of the bridge. The largest gantry is over the drydock that is used to build the Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carriers, and that has been a continuous process one by one since the mid-1970s.

The new four-lane bridge was completed in stages from 1975 to 1982:

1. Build 4 miles of new 2-lane trestle, with temporary bridges connecting to the existing lift span. Move the 2-lane 2-way traffic onto this combination facility. Built 1972-1975. Benefit: Almost 90% of the facility is a modern 30-foot wide structure.

2. Build new 0.5-mile 4-lane lift span and high-level approaches as one unit to complete the new westbound roadway, which carried the 2-lane 2-way traffic. The eastbound roadway and its high-level approaches on the lift span are unusable at this point. Built 1977-1980. Benefit: An entire 2-lane facility is a modern 30-foot wide structure. Modern lift span has 10 feet more vertical navigational clearance when closed and requires far less maintenance than the old one.

3. Build 4 miles of new parallel 2-lane trestle for the eastbound roadway, connecting to the new lift span and high-level approaches. This completes the 4-lane complex, and 4-lane divided traffic operation begins. Built 1980-1982. Benefit: An entire 4-lane divided modern facility is operational.

4. Demolish 4 miles of old bridge and lift span. _____________________________________________________________

Notice in the top photo how the parapets on the eastbound bridge that I am driving on, are the more modern Jersey barrier profile, while the parapets on the westbound bridge are of the older style with vertical face, barrier curb and metal handrail. This reflects the change in parapet design standards in the 8-year difference in construction start dates. The eastbound and westbound trestles are completely separate structures.

The US-17 James River Bridge, photo taken January 1989, looking northeast toward Newport News.

The US-17 James River Bridge, looking northeast toward Newport News. The shipping channel is crossed by a 415-foot long vertical lift span that has 60 feet of vertical clearance when closed. There are no naval installations upstream of this bridge, although there are civilian port facilities in Hopewell and Richmond. The James River Bridge is 4.5 miles long. Starting just off the right edge of the photo is Northrop Grumman Newport News (formerly named Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company).

The old bridge was a low-level trestle about 100 feet north of the new bridge. It was completely separate from the new bridge, and it was completely demolished after the new bridge opened, except for the 1/2-mile section from the Newport News shore which remains as a fishing pier.
Description: "The Newport News---James River Bridge. The longest bridge in the world over water---It is approximately five miles long. Opened November 17, 1928." The 4.8-mile bridge between the counties of Warwick and Isle of Wight was privately financed as a business venture by Peninsula entrepreneurs. With a full day of festivities, the $5.2 million span was opened on Nov. 17, 1928, by a snip of a ribbon and the press of a button. The button wasn't in Newport News, but in Washington, where President Calvin Coolidge, sitting in the Oval Office, sent an electric signal to lower into place the upraised lift span over the James River channel. An oversized pair of scissors was used by Miss Martha Woodroof Hiden - designated for the ceremony on the northern shore as Miss Virginia - to cut the ribbon across the two-lane roadway. Eight thousand spectators watched. [...] The James River Bridge was taken over by the state during World War II and replaced with a wider span in the 1980s. It - along with commercial radio - has brought both sides of Hampton Roads closer together for more than 70 years.

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James River Bridge (US-17) The first fixed link across Hampton Roads was the two-lane US-17 James River Bridge that was completed in 1928. It was narrow, with a 20-foot roadway from curb to curb. The new four-lane bridge was completed in stages from 1975 to 1982. The bridge also carries US-258 and VA-32.

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Virginia is the nation's third largest seafood producer and the largest on America's Atlantic Coast. Our prime fishing areas include the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries, some of the most productive harvesting grounds in the United States: Large fishing and commercial ports are open year-round assuring buyers a continual supply of fresh and fresh frozen seafood. Key transportation centers offer daily air transportation and freight services all over the world.

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Virginia is the nation's third largest seafood producer and the largest on America's Atlantic Coast. Our prime fishing areas include the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries, some of the most productive harvesting grounds in the United States: Large fishing and commercial ports are open year-round assuring buyers a continual supply of fresh and fresh frozen seafood.

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History

Albert Jester made the first automobile ferry crossing of the James River with the "Captain John Smith" on Feb. 26, 1925.

That ferry was 60 feet long and could carry 16 Model-T Fords.

Today, the ferry fleet transports approximately 936,000 vehicles annually.

It's the only 24-hour state-run ferry in Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Transportation took over operation
of the ferry in 1945.

It has more than 90 employees.

The operations budget for the ferry is approximately $12 million annually.

The heaviest traffic volumes are over holidays and weekends.

We do not track passengers per vehicle, but it's estimated to be approximately 2.5 people per car.

When you ride on the free Jamestown-Scotland Ferry, it's not hard to imagine what the first colonists saw as they traveled on the same river 400 years ago.

The 15-minute ride will give you a unique view of the land and connect you to interesting sites on both sides of the James River.

Here are a few of them:

Historic Jamestown

On May 13, 1607, 104 men and boys landed at Jamestown to establish the first permanent English colony in America.

Shortages of supplies, a high death rate and disagreements among settlers and Virginia Company officials almost caused the colony to fail.

But it succeeded and served as the colonial capital from 1607 until 1699.

It was the site of the first representative legislative assembly in British America, in 1619.

One reason for the colony's success was tobacco, exported to England by John Rolfe, who later married Pocahontas.

Today, visitors can see the original site, Historic Jamestowne, where archaeological digs have unearthed artifacts, a skeleton and traces of the original Jamestown fort.

At Jamestown Settlement living-history museum, visitors can experience daily life in 17th-century Virginia.

Costumed historical interpreters are guides to the past in a re-created colonial fort, in a Powhatan Indian village and on board full-size replicas of the colonists' three ships.

See the Historic Jamestowne website ( www.historicjamestowne.org) for more information on ongoing research at Jamestown Rediscovery.

Visit www.historyisfun.org to learn more about Jamestown Settlement.

Bacon's Castle

Bacon's Castle
Built in 1665 by English immigrant Arthur Allen, Bacon's Castle is one of the oldest documented brick houses in English North America.

In 1676, during a rebellion against Gov. Berkeley, the house was seized and fortified by troops loyal to Nathaniel Bacon.

It was later recaptured by sailors from a ship on the James River.

The house's 1680 garden is the oldest, largest, most sophisticated and best preserved 17th-century garden site in America.

Smith's Fort

Smith's Fort

Smith's Fort is the site of the original fort built by Captain John Smith in 1609 to help defend Jamestown. It was a second line of defense against the Indians and Spanish.

Located south of the James River, this area was part of the land given by the Indian Chief Powhatan to John Rolfe on his marriage to Pocahontas.

On the land now is an 18th-century brick house, typical of small Virginia plantations built during that period.

Behind the house stands a boxwood and herb garden that was designed and planted by the Garden Club of Virginia.

Chippokes Plantation and State Park

One of the oldest working plantations in existence, Chippokes has been farmed continuously since 1619.

Located south of the James River, the plantation was built by one of the Jamestown settlers, Captain William Powell.

Crops of corn, peanuts, rye, soybeans, and barley are still harvested.

The plantation is the site of the Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival every July. It features the Steam and Gas Engine Show.

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Albert Jester made the first automobile ferry crossing of the James River with the "Captain John Smith" on Feb. 26, 1925. That ferry was 60 feet long and could carry 16 Model-T Fords. Today, the ferry fleet transports approximately 936,000 vehicles annually. It's the only 24-hour state-run ferry in Virginia.

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Ready to land your perfect catch?

Within an hour's drive anywhere in the Commonwealth anglers can find excellent bank, pier and boat fishing.

Trout
Virginia has more than 2,800 miles of trout streams, in addition to numerous ponds, small lakes and reservoirs. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources stocks trout in designated waters from fall through spring, but experienced trout anglers can find good fishing opportunities year round. Tryfly fishing.

Lakes and Rivers
Tackle bass and sunfish and many other species in one of our public fishinglakes. Visit one of our many scenic rivers for fantastic smallmouth fishing or cast for a monster catfish. Virginia currently holds the IGFA World Record blue catfish caught in Bugg's Island Lake.

Tidal Waters
Virginia's tidal waters are home to world class blue catfish angling and offer a destination for some of the most prized shallow water angling for striped bass and flounder fishing on the East Coast.

Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
Come and enjoy some of the best cobia, croaker, drum, flounder and striped bassfishing on the East Coast. Charter a boat for amazing blue water fishing for marlin, tuna, dolphin and more.

Fishing Events

More Information

Virginia Outdoor Experiences

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Within an hour's drive anywhere in the Commonwealth anglers can find excellent bank, pier and boat fishing . Trout Virginia has more than 2,800 miles of trout streams, in addition to numerous ponds, small lakes and reservoirs. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources stocks trout in designated waters from fall through spring, but experienced trout anglers can find good fishing opportunities year round.

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VIRGINIA POPULATION ESTIMATES INTERACTIVE MAP

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Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service PO Box 400206 Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4206

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Tammy Maxey, Administrator and Yasuko Mitsuoka Grow, Designer

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This teacher and kid friendly web site provides educators and students with information, lesson plans, activities, and state contacts to increase agricultural literacy.

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Travelers discover that it's easy to get to Virginia and easy to get around once here. Virginia's location - midway between New York and Miami is less than a day's drive from any city east of the Mississippi. And Virginia's 11 commercial airports - including Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International (both newly renovated and expanded) - plus 57 general aviation airports and Amtrak rail service connect Virginia cities to commuter and long-distance travel routes. Virginia boasts well-maintained major highways; and with thousands of miles of scenic byways, a road trip in Virginia always turns up something new.

Click here for road alerts and traffic cameras in Virginia or call the Highway Helpline at 1-800-367-ROAD for up to the minute information about current road and traffic conditions. See the Virginia Department of Transportation site for information about traveling the Commonwealth's roads.

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Travelers discover that it's easy to get to Virginia and easy to get around once here. Virginia's location - midway between New York and Miami is less than a day's drive from any city east of the Mississippi.

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Curious Kids
The Director of Hardee County Outdoor Classroom, Kayton Nedza meets up with Jaden, Natalie and Nicole on the banks of the Peace River to help them better understand what a watershed is, where it begins and where it ends. Andrew and Sierra head down to Bunche Beach in Fort Myers to meet Educator Susie Hassett and a team of Lee County student volunteers. Jamie reports from the studio.

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Curious Kids The Director of Hardee County Outdoor Classroom, Kayton Nedza meets up with Jaden, Natalie and Nicole on the banks of the Peace River to help them better understand what a watershed is, where it begins and where it ends.

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The Five Regions of Virginia based on the map produced by the Virginia State Board of Education for the Standards of Learning (SOLs)

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This southern state has played a big role in American history.

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The Wildlife Center currently has Critter Cam cameras in multiple locations inside the hospital and in outdoor enclosures; we provide three live feeds. A moderated discussion is shared for all three channels.

Critter Cam 1

Critter Cam 2

Channel 1 features one of our education birds, Buddy the Bald Eagle, Buttercup the Black Vulture, or Maggie the Peregrine Falcon. Click to watch Critter Cam 1 now!

Channel 2 features a growing group of Black Bear cubs ... a Bald Eagle ... or a Great Horned Owl family.Click to watch now!

Critter Cam 3

Live Events!

Channel 3 features a sloth of rambunctious Black Bear cubs! Click to watch now.

Occasionally, we offer live "events" on this channel. Stay tuned!

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The Wildlife Center currently has Critter Cam cameras in multiple locations inside the hospital and in outdoor enclosures; we provide three live feeds. A moderated discussion is shared for all three channels. Critter Cam 1 Critter Cam 2 Channel 1 features one of our education birds, Buddy the Bald Eagle, Buttercup the Black Vulture, or Maggie the Peregrine Falcon.