Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful
The Upper Tennessee River Roundtable formed a Keep America Beautiful affiliate in 2007, called Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful. The formation of this affiliate resulted from a unique partnership among nine counties and two cities. These localities joined to serve on a Black Diamond RC&D task force for a year and then became the Roundtable's Tourism and Trash Team. After working on many projects together, the group decided to form a KAB affiliate, which was certified April 21, 2007. The affiliate won state and national awards for its litter prevention work in 2007.
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program: New grants received for 2009!!! Programs will be expanded in the towns of Wise, Clintwood, Gate City and in the City of Norton. New programs will be launched in two localities to be announced soon! Results for 2008 program included a 61 percent reduction of cigarette litter in Norton; 71 percent reduction in Clintwood; 59 percent reduction in Gate City and 52 percent reduction in Wise.
This is an education and awareness program developed by Keep America Beautiful to target cigarette litter. Studies show that many people who toss out their cigarette butts would typically not throw out other litter. Program provides pocket ashtrays for smokers and ash receptacles for participating localities.
Click below to download KSVB files:
Waste Management Jeaopardy game: Click for powerpoint or Click for flash
Environmental Game Ideas - Field Day Guide: Click Here
Visit the official website of Rigsby and Friends and download the Rigsby Activity Book.
Upcoming Events
Float Trips: What better way to spend a summer day than floating along the river? Join us for upcoming canoe float trips on the Clinch, Holston and Powell rivers. Scheduled floats are Saturday, June 26, on the Holston River, Saturday, July 17, on the Clinch River, and Saturday, Aug. 14, on the Holston River. We'll provide canoes, paddles, and life vests. Cost per person is $10. First 25 people on each float will receive a T-shirt and lunch for the $10 fee. Float trips fill up quickly, so call soon to reserve your spot. Click here for the official flier.
Save Our Streams Monitoring Event: Monday, Aug. 2, at White's Mill in Abingdon as part of the Virginia Highlands Festival. Pre-register by calling the Roundtable office. Event is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Limit of 20 participants. Find out which stream bugs tell you if your stream is healthy!
Contact Us
Physical Address:
330 Cummings Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2359
Abingdon, VA 24212
Phone/Fax:
T (276)628-1600
F (276)623-1185
E-mail