About the Middle James Roundtable
The Middle James Roundtable is a collaborative effort among various stakeholders in the Middle James watershed to improve water quality and the overall health of our communities. Roundtable stakeholders include elected officials, local government staff, the agricultural community, planning district commissions, business and industry, water and sewer utilities, commercial fishermen, soil and water conservation districts, developers, interested citizens, environmental groups, tourism and recreational groups, state and federal agency staff and public service authorities. Roundtable activities are dictated by the participants and can involve activities such as hosting forums to discuss local watershed issues and landuse, educating citizens about water quality, grant writing, coordinating workshops, social marketing campaigns, collecting and analyzing water quality data and planning and implementation of watershed goals.
The Middle James Roundtable consists of a steering committee, which meets quarterly; a landuse working group and an education and outreach working group, both of which meet when necessary. The Roundtable also holds a yearly meeting that focuses on local water quality issues.
Steering Committee Members
- Jennifer Sidleck – Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Heather Barrar – Chesterfield County
- Amber Foster – James River Association
- Tamara Ambler – Albemarle County
- Christina Luman-Bailey – City of Hopewell
- Kelly Jones – Peter Francisco SWCD
- Easton Loving – MeadWestvaco
- David Robertson – Virginia Tech
- Ida Swenson – Concerned Citizen
- Don Wells - Hanover-Caroline SWCD
Contact the Steering Committee
Education and Outreach Work Group
- Nancy Drumheller – Department of Environmental Quality
- Carrie Hagin – Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Lane Guilliums – Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Jennifer Sidleck – Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Rebecca Jones – James River SWCD
- Amanda Gray – Department of Environmental Quality
- Ida Swenson - Concerned Citizen
Contact the Education and Outreach Working group
Landuse Work Group
- Tamara Ambler – Albemarle County
- Amber Foster – James River Association
- Emily Aleshire – Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Easton Loving – MeadWestvaco
- Keith Burgess – Monacan SWCD
- Alecia Daves-Johnson – Piedmont SWCD
- Don Wells – Hanover-Caroline SWCD
- Dana Bayless – NRCS
- Nissa Dean - Department of Conservation and Recreation
Contact the Landuse Work Group
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." -- John Muir