10 Jun 2014

Corps, volunteers collect more than 2,000 pounds of shoreline debris

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Sunglasses. Check! Bug spray. Check! Bottled water. Check! Trash bags. Check!

10 Jun 2014

Corps, volunteers collect more than 2,000 pounds of shoreline debris

Sunglasses. Check! Bug spray. Check! Bottled water. Check! Trash bags. Check! Gloves. Check! This isn’t a list for camping, but items the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided to more than 70 volunteers participating in the 26th annual Clean the Bay Day.

8 May 2014

350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

Paddlers came from as far away as California to participate in this year's Paddle for the Border event May 3, 2014. More than 340 people met at the South Mills, N.C. welcome center and paddled 11 miles - and across the Virginia state line - to a picnic area for lunch.

8 May 2014

350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

As the first light of day tried to peek through gray clouds, hundreds of cars and trucks arrived and began to unload kayaks and canoes onto the banks of the historical Dismal Swamp Canal for the 11th Annual Paddle for the Border May 3.