The Chickahominy Lake, Diascund Creek and Little Creek are all water supply reservoirs. The United States is a nation of volunteers and voluntary organizations. Early in childhood, we are exposed to voluntary groups like Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, and Pee Wee Football. There are the ecology and language clubs in Junior and High School as well as church youth groups and student orchestras. As adults we can choose to belong to church groups, civic organizations like neighborhood associations, Civitan, political parties, and the Chamber of Commerce, social organizations, sports and recreation organizations, professional organizations, business organizations, and advocacy groups, just to name a few categories.
Many people belong to a number of different organizations.
The most active people in a community belong to many organizations, using their network of connections with different groups as a means of communication and a source of volunteers to get things accomplished. We are using several different types of voluntary organizations as a basis for partnerships in undertaking habitat restoration along the Chickahominy River, especially degraded stream segments and wetlands areas. The partnerships are between Soil and Water Conservation Districts and volunteer groups. One partnership will be with a homeowners association in a new subdivision located in the headwaters of the Chickahominy River. Another will be with the Chickahominy Watershed Alliance, a group composed of a variety of stakeholders in the watershed, and a third partnership will be with a youth group.