A Guide to the Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia, 1969-1987 Conservation Council of Virginia, Papers of 9883-e

A Guide to the Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia, 1969-1987

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Accession Number 9883-e

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9883-e

Title

Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia, 1969-1987

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains 1,675 items (9 Hollinger boxes, ca. 3.5 linear feet).

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia, 1969-1987, Accession #9883-e , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These records were given to the Library by Mrs. Nancy Summer, Richmond, Virginia, on April 2, 1992.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Conservation Council of Virginia was formed in 1969 as a decentralized coalition of approximately forty Virginia environmental groups whose main purpose was to act as an organizing agency for the participating groups in lobbying for common state environmental goals. The collection also contains the records of the Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation (incorporated in 1975) a non-profit, tax exempt organization created by the members of the C.C.Va. "to promote the education of the public on environmental matters in Virginia in order to foster informed environmental decisions and responsible citizen participation on the decision making process." It replaced - on the state level - the Central Atlantic Environment Center, which had provided information and staff services to the C.C. Va. since its inception. The Foundation published The Virginia Environmental Legislation Reporter and a bimonthly newsletter and conducted workshops, conferences, and seminars on environmental problems, to help carry out its educational function. In 1981, the Conservation Council of Virginia and the Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation merged and the surviving organization was known as the Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the papers of the Conservation Council of Virginia (abbreviated as C.C.Va.) contains ca. 1,675 items (9 Hollinger boxes, ca. 3.5 linear feet), 1969-1987, consisting of three types of records: 1) organizational records, which include minutes, correspondence, incorporation papers, resolutions, financial statements, long-range planning records, legislative priorities & lobbying, membership lists, tax records, newsclippings & press coverage, reports, and recommendations; 2) committee records; and 3) topical files concerning environmental issues and the positions of the C.C.Va., projects, resolutions, specific legislation, conferences, forums, and workshops, including eight cassette tape recordings of C.C.Va. conferences and forums.

Arrangement

Series I: Organizational Records (Boxes 1-4)
Series II: Council Committees (Box 5)
Series III: Topical Files (Boxes 5-9)
Cassette Tapes T-941 - T-948

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by file name within each of three series and chronologically within each folder.

Contents List

Series I: Organizational Records

Box 1
Bound Volume of C.C. Va. Minutes, Resolutions, etc. 1970-1972
Box 1
Bound Volume of C.C.Va. Minutes, Resolutions, etc. 1972-1973
Box 2
Bound Volume of C.C.Va. Minutes, Resolutions, etc. 1973-1974
Box 2
Corporate Records of the Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation 1975-1979

1 Volume
Box 2
Correspondence 1979-1985
Box 2
Correspondence with Senators Byrd, Warner, and Trible 1981-1983
Box 2 folders
Financial Statements of the Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation 1976-1984 & 1987
Box 3
Five Year Work Plan Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation 1982
Box 3
Legislative Priorities of the C.C.Va. 1973-1987
Box 3
List of C.C.Va. Resolutions 1969-1974
Box 3
Lists of C.C.Va. Board of Directors & Organizational Members 1974-1978, 1983
Box 3
Minutes of the Meetings of the C.C.Va. 1972-1979

4 folders
Box 3
Minutes of the Meetings of the C.C.Va. Foundation 1977-1980
Box 4
Minutes of the Annual Meetings of the C.C.Va. 1973-1979

2 folders
Box 4
Minutes of the Joint Board Meetings of the C.C.Va. & the C.C.Va. Foundation 1977-1980

4 folders
Box 4
Press Coverage 1972-1979
Box 4
Registration Fee & Franchise Tax of the C.C.Va. Foundation 1979-1983
Box 4
Reports and Recommendations - Conservation Council of Virginia Foundation 1974-1979
Box 4
Tax Returns (Federal) of the C.C.Va. 1970-1976
Box 4
Tax Returns (State) of the C.C.Va. 1980-1981

Series II: Council Committees

Box 5
Air Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Energy Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Hazardous Wastes Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Issues Committee 1979-1982
Box 5
Land Use Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Membership Committee 1981-1983
Box 5
Newsletter Committee 1982, n.d.
Box 5
Nominating Committee 1981-1982
Box 5
Population Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Solid Wastes Subcommittee 1982
Box 5
Water Subcommittee n.d.
Box 5
Wetlands Subcommittee n.d.

Series III: Topical Files

Box 5
Acid Rain 1980-1984
Box 5
Agricultural Lands n.d.
Box 5
Air Pollution Control, Air Quality & the Clean Air Act 1971-1977
Box 5
Alaskan Lands Conservation Act 1978
Box 5
Alaskan Pipeline 1973
Box 5
Assateague Island 1971-1975
Box 5
Auto Emission Control Devices Anti-Tampering Conference 1980-1981
Box 5
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge 1971-1978
Box 5
Back Bay-False Cape Task Force 1979-1983, n.d.

3 folders
Box 6
Back Bay-False Cape Land Exchange Environmental Impact Statement 1983

2 folders

Draft & Final Report
Box 6
Beach Front Protection Ordinance, Virginia Beach - Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 1978 Oct
Box 6
Beverage Containers 1971-1978
Box 6
Blackwater Project 1974
Box 6
Bull Run Mountain 1973
Box 6
Capitol Expansion 1973-1974
Box 6
Coal Surface Mining 1970-1977
Box 6
Coastal Primary Sand Dune Protection Act 1987
Box 6
Commission of Outdoor Recreation Bond Issue 1969-1975
Box 6
Coors Brewery Adjacent to Shenandoah National Park 1980-1984
Box 6
Council on the Environment 1974-1979

Newsclippings & Statements from the C.C.Va.
Box 6
Critical Environmental Areas 1973-1974
Box 6
Dams 1969-1975
Box 6
Dano Project, King George County 1979
Box 6
Delmarva Waterway 1972-1977
Box 6
Energy Crisis 1972-1977
Box 6
Environmental Activist Workshop 1982-1983
Box 6
Environmental Education 1972
Box 6
Environmental Impact Statements on State Highways 1977
Box 6
Environmental Management 1973-1975
Box 6
False Cape State Park 1971-1978
Box 7
False Cape State Park Task Force Reference Materials 1982 Jul

1 volume
Box 7
Fort Story Resolution 1974
Box 7
Gathright Dam 1973-1978
Box 7
Green Springs Region, Louisa County 1970-1977
Box 7
Growth Policies 1971-1972
Box 7
Historic Landmarks Commission Resolution 1978
Box 7
I-95 Circumferential Highway Around Richmond Resolution 1976-1979
Box 7
James River Basin Planning Advisory Committee Recommendation and Comments by the C.C.Va. re the Corps of Engineers Report 1973 & 1975
Box 7
Land Use Positions 1971-1975
Box 7
Manassas Battlefield Park 1977
Box 7
Mason Neck Closure n.d.
Box 7
Ocean Dumping 1974-1975
Box 7
Offshore Oil Drilling 1975
Box 7
Oil Spills Prevention Proposals & Testimony of Russell Scott 1978
Box 7
National Forest Planning Conference 1987
Box 7
Parham/Chippenham Connector & the Citizens Technical Advisory Committee 1984
Box 7
Phosphate Detergent Ban Resolution 1986
Box 7
Population Control & Family Planning 1971-1972
Box 7
Recycling in Virginia Conference 1987
Box 7
Richmond Flood Protection 1973
Box 7
Run-Off Workshop 1979-1980
Box 7
Scenic Highway Designation (Route 5) 1974-1977
Box 7
Scenic River Resolutions 1971-1978
Box 7
Seashore State Park 1978
Box 7
Sewage Effluent and Sludge - Land Applications 1976
Box 8
Stream Channelization & Dredging 1973-1974
Box 8
Swann Oil Company Proposed Oil Refinery on Elizabeth River, Chesapeake Resolution 1979
Box 8
Timber Management 1976
Box 8
Toxic Substances Conferences 1978 Mar
Box 8
Transportation, Dept. of 1973

Bill to Create
Box 8
Virginia Constitutional Amendment 1970

Conservation (Article XI)
Box 8
Virginia Environmental Legislation Reporter 1977-1980

2 folders
Box 8
Virginia General Assembly 1980-1984

3 folders
Box 8
Virginia General Assembly n.d.

Legislative Information
Box 8
Virginia General Assembly 1979-1984

Lobbying Records
Box 8
Virginia General Assembly 1980

Roll Call Votes
Box 8
Virginia General Assembly 1980

Volunteer Thank You Letter
Box 9
Virginia Outdoor Foundation 1978

Reorganization
Box 9
Virginia Rivers and Waters Conference 1979
Box 9
Virginia Waste Exchange 1982
Box 9
Virginia Water Control Board Issues 1971-1977
Box 9
Waste Alert Grant 1980-1982

2 folders

Expenses
Box 9
Waste Alert Handbook and Conference 1981-1982
Box 9
Water Pollution Control Act 1974-1977
Box 9
Water Resource Management 1969-1978
Box 9
Water Study 1976-1979
Box 9
Wetlands Manual & Resolution n.d.
Box 9
Wilderness Designations for Shenandoah National Park 1971-1978

Cassette Tape Recordings: C.C.Va. Conferences & Forums

Box 9
"How to organize your group to lobby on ecological issues" (part 1) ca. 1980
Physical Location: T-941

A forum sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia, John Marlin, moderator. Participants include: Bob Bush (VA Canal & Navigation Society), Westvaco & Forestry Assn. Doug Turner (Patrick Henry Assn), Junius Fishburn (LJRA), Mike Turney (Brumley Gap Citizens), Tim Hartman (EPA liason), Jubina Smith (VA Farm Bureau).
Box 9
"How to organize your group to lobby on ecological issues" (part 2) ca. 1980
Physical Location: T-942

A forum sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia, John Marlin, moderator. Topics include: "Fighting the U.S. Corps of Engineers"; "Effective Lobbying"; "Experience in Illinois"; "Environmental Action and Strategy".
Box 9
"How to organize your group to lobby on ecological issues" (part 3) ca. 1980
Physical Location: T-943

A forum sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia, Peter K. Pettus, moderator. Panelists include: John Marlin (Illinois Environmental Council), Brent Blackwelder, Tom Evans, Pat McSweeney, Ernie Dickerman, (conclusion of conference) .
Box 9
"Weekend conference on organizing and legislation" ca. 1980
Physical Location: T-944

Sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia. Side A panelists include: Ed Clark (Staunton Scenic River / Dam Assn), Kirk Clarkson (C.A.R.E.), Julie Burke (Richmond), Memory Porter, and Tom Evans. Side B panelists include: Tom Evans, Memory Porter, Doug Wynett (Washington,D.C.).
Box 9
"CCVA Conference" 1980/1981
Physical Location: T-945

Sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia, Peter K. Pettus, moderator. Side A: "Gen. Brutethwackem" (comic re: Army Corps of Engineers), Organizations - activity reports: "Va. Bass - Sierra, etc." Side B participants include: Trout Unlimited Inc., York River Assn., Virginia Trails Assn., Float Fishermen Assn, and C.A.R.E. (CBF).
Box 9
"Legislators talk with CCVA" (part 1) 1980 May 10
Physical Location: T-946

A conference sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia re: "successful lobbying," Peter K. Pettus, moderator. Side A: Edie Harrison (freshman Virginia delegate), Rick Boucher (Virginia delegate), and Frank Hall (Virginia delegate). Side B is blank.
Box 9
"Legislators talk with CCVA" (part 2) 1980 May 10
Physical Location: T-947

A conference sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia re: "successful lobbying," Peter K. Pettus, moderator. Side A: "Lobbying - what is effective?" (continued on side B). Side B: JLARC (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission) - "what it is, what is does".
Box 9
"Legislators talk with CCVA" (part 3) 1980 May 10
Physical Location: T-948

A conference sponsored by the Conservation Council of Virginia re: "successful lobbying," Peter K. Pettus, moderator. Side A: JLARC session (continued from T-947). "Farmers in Va. - problems, land use and preservation"; Side B: "Farmers in Va." - continued "General discussion re: CCVA programs and goals." (conclusion of conference).