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Partnership protects forest along tributary From staff reports The Enviva Forest Con servation Fund, Ducks Unlimited and the Virginia Department of Conserva tion and Recreation have partnered to protect sensi tive forestland along the Nottoway River, a tributary of the Chowan River. The Enviva Forest Con servation Fund this week announced the closing of its first easement purchase from the 2016 grant cycle to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recre ation. The approximately 220-acre easement - known as the Crowder and White tract - is the first of two in Southampton, Va. that will be secured with financial assistance from the Fund. When the second easement is completed, a total of 3S5 acres of floodplain forest dominated by mature cv press-tupelo will be pro tected. The land protected through this first award is across the river from anoth er parcel already protected by DCR. Together, the two form "The Narrows," an important transit point for river herring, shad and ale wife - fish species that rely on floodplain forest for spawning and nursery hab itat. The Narrows will now be permanently protected. The swamps also provide habitat for a multitude of waterfowl, water birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and other fish. “The permanent protec tion of this property with a conservation easement is cause for celebration,’’ said Carlton Owen, president and chief executive offi cer of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Commu nities which administers the Fund. “Not only is it a valuable property for fish, wildlife and recreation, it is also the first transaction to be completed of the four Enviva Forest Conserva tion Fund awards made in 2016. It's the first of many more to come.” The Fund awarded $500,000 in 2016 to help conserv e more than 2,000 acres of environmentally sensitive forests. In addi tion to DCR, 2016 grant recipients included the Virginia and North Caro lina chapters of The Nature Conservancy and the Tri angle Land Conservancy of North Carolina The Crowder and White tract easement was made possible through com bined support from the Fund, donated timber val ue from the owner, and a North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant se cured by Ducks Unlimited and supported by several partners, including the At lantic Coast Joint Venture, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. To learn more about the grant and to view a map of the project tract, visit the En viva Forest Conservation Fund’s website. “Conversion to other uses is one of the greatest threats to Virginia forests,” said Clyde Cristman, director of the Virginia DCR “Our partnership with the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund and Ducks Unlimited builds on the Cypress Bridge Natu ral Area Preserve, allowing us to conserve another key property along the Notto way River and protect more ecologc, recreational and scenic resources, helping to build a legacy for future generations in southeast Virginia” The conservation ease ment blends forest land rec lamation with conservation of cypress/tupelo swamp forest, one of four specific types of sensitive bottom land forest ecosystems the Fund has targeted for spe cial conservation. The terms of the conser vation easement will elimi nate all timber harvesting in the wetlands, as well as any subdivision and develop ment rights. The landowner, a Southampton County lo cal who made this property available and provided a sig nificant contribution toward the easement in the form of donated timber value in a desire to see this section of the Nottoway River perma nently protected, will con tinue to hold hunting and fishing privileges. As the easement holder, Virginia DCR will conduct annual monitoring visits to docu ment easement conditions. “Conservation ease ments are irreplaceable in meeting the needs of landowners who wish to protect valuable natural resources,” said Ducks Un limited conservation lands coordinator Justin Park. “Ducks Unlimited is proud to work with grant partners, VA DCR, private landown ers, and the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund to help landowners protect sen sitive bottomlands while continuing to er\joy the area for recreation. Such easements provide the best of both worlds - protection of broad benefits to society at large while also affording rights to the landowner.” “Enviva is very pleased to announce the permanent protection made possible by our very first project under the Enviva Forest Conservation Fund - the Virginia DCR’s Lower Not toway River Project,” said Jennifer C. Jenkins, Ph.D., vice president and chief sus tainability officer at Enviva “We treasure the forests and communities where we work, and we are absolutely delighted to be a part of this important project” The Fund is a $5-million, 10-year program established by Enviva Holdings, LP and administered by the U.S. En dowment for Forestry and Communities. It is designed to protect tens of thousands of acres of bottomland forests in northeast North Carolina and southeast Vir ginia For more information on the Enviva Forest Con servation Fund visit www. envivaforestfund.org. Read more about the Crowder White project at the Voices of Enviva blog. For 2017, up to $500,000 is available to not-for-profit organizations, government agencies and tribes for the second year of Fund grants to protect bottomland hard wood and other wetland forests in 35 North Carolina and Virginia counties that include approximately six million acres of forests of all types. The RFP and ad ditional materials are avail able on the Endowment’s website and at http-y/enviva forestfund.org/matching fund-grants/. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities is a not-for-profit corpora tion established in 2006 at the request of the govern ments of the United States and Canada The Endow ment works collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to ad vance systemic, transforma tive and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communi ties. Enviva Holdings LP is the world’s largest pro ducer of wood pellets, a renewable and sustainable energy source used to gen erate electricity and heat. Through its subsidiaries, Enviva Holdings LP owns and operates plants in the southeastern United States that produce nearly 3 mil lion metric tons of wood pel lets annually. The company exports pellets primarily to power plants in the United Kingdom and Europe that previously were fueled by coal, enabling them to re duce their lifetime carbon footprint by about 80 per cent SURVEY Continued from 1A help existing businesses ex pand. There are pockets of the lb-county .Albemarle Com mission region that have no Internet service at all and some areas with only very slow service. Davison found that out when she and her fam ily moved to off New Hope Road after she took the Commission post. There was no Internet service to that area but giv en her job and her husband's job. they simply had to have Internet service at home. They opted for satellite service at a cost of $200 a month. 1 lavison knows that's far more than some people could afford, but they had no choice. "After that our home was Homework Central,”" she joked. "It wasn't the best service but at least it was reliable." There are other ways that high speed Internet can be a game changer. High-speed Internet sendees would open up telemedicine to more area residents, Davison said. It would create business op portunities as well "They are able to have that type of sendee in Europe, why not here,” she asked. “It would open up hav ing more home-based busi nesses" she said. “You don’t always need a manufactur ing plant to liave good jobs.” The survey will find out what level of services cus tomers actually have — not what Internet companies just say they have to offer. In 2015 the FCC raised the download standards for broadband to 25 megabits per second from 4 Mbps. Up load standards to be consid ered broadband were raised from 1 Mbps to 3 Mbps. 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Armed with that hard data, Davison said the Com mission could approach Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to find ways to im prove coverage and speed and bring services to more people. “Our broadband provider partners need concrete data on demand for services in order to help demonstrate a return on investment, espe cially in our more sparsely populated areas.” In a perfect world every body could get low-cost high-speed fiber optic cable delivered to his or her door, no matter how rural the area is. Davison accepts that may not be possible. While fiber may be the ultimate super-fast thing for Internet users, Davison said the reality is in rural areas that may not happen, and if it does, it may come at a cost some residents can’t af ford. The next best thing is using fixed asset wireless. That involves putting trans mitters on towers or tall structures that can bounce signals back and forth. FOOTBALL Continued from 1A and coaches of the 2016 2A Eastern Regional Champi ons Aces football team were on hand for the oc casion. Jackson thanked the com munity for its support of the team. “This team was quite blessed by the support we received from the commu nity,” Jackson said. BIZ Continued from 1A including a nonprofit roundtable, job fair at the Edenton-Chowan Campus of Col lege of the Albemarle, recognition as a certified work-ready community, Cham ber golf tournament, Chamber cookout in the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, the Chamber discount card and the Christmas parade. Twenty-two new business, individuals and organizations joined the Chamber in 2016, she said. “I have enjoyed serving as Chamber president this year,” Turner said. Turner thanked Win Dale, director of the Chamber, for his help throughout the year. “Win is very dedicated,” Turner said. “I am extremely honored to have served as president,” Turner said in closing. Brian Harvill, the Chamber’s 2017 presi dent, presented the President’s Plaque to Turner and accepted the gavel for this year. He thanked the community for its support during the past year. Chamber officials said there is much to look forward to this year including prog ress on the Hotel Hinton restoration, re location of Standard Medical Acceptance to Edenton, development of a retirement community, opening of Edenton Antiques, development of upstairs apartments in the downtown district, continued grocery store recruitment, and development of new energy projects. The Rev. Chris Aydlett, pastor of Eden ton United Methodist Church, offered the invocation, thanking God for the commu nity. CENTER Continued from 1A that repairs would be covered by insurance. What is slowing down the repair process is that the county still doesn’t know exactly how much money the county is going to get from the insurance carrier to cover the repairs. The Federal Emergency Man agement Agency might help if insurance doesn’t cover all the work, Howard said, but he added he expects insurance will cover the entire cost of the repairs. But Howard said he didn’t want to sign any agreement with the insurance company until he was sure what the company was offer ing would be enough to cover the cost of necessary repairs. Many counties in the eastern part of the state were flooded, Howard said, “so it’s just taking time” to resolve the matter with the insurance company. Howard said he has been talk ing to the insurance company at least every other week and ex pects to get a proof of loss state ment from the company this week or next. Patti Kersey said it appeared to be somewhat like advocating for one’s own home repairs in discussions with an insurance company. “We just have to be persistent,” Kersey said. “Yes, ma’am,” Howard agreed. GAY Continued from 1A investigation by the Chowan County Sher iffs Office and the N.C. State Bureau of Inves tigation. Investigators approached Gay in the parking lot at the Hamp ton Inn in Edenton and found cocaine on his person, McArthur said. Officers had observed Gay driving to the lo cation and noticed a strong odor of alcohol when they approached him, McArthur said. Of ficers administered a breath analysis test and charged him with DWI, McArthur said. McArthur said investi gators acted on informa tion that Gay had drugs in his possession. In ad dition, Gay had been ob served buying narcotics during the course of the investigation, McArthur said. Contacted Thursday, Gay denied having drugs in his possession at the time of his arrest. “I was set up,” Gay said. “That’s all I have to say about it is that I was set up.” Asked who had set him up, he said he was set up “by a friend of mine.” CORRECTION An item in last week’s Crimewatch incorrectly stated the charges against Nancy Lynn Turner of Rocky Hock Road. 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