Flood Control Debate Shapes West Virginia Water Policy
West Virginia faces floods due to rapid runoff from steep hills and thin soil. Professor Dodson warns that while dams can slow runoff, widespread waste disposal and urban development along flood plains keep flood damage high. Large and small dam approaches have limits, with headwater dams not guaranteeing protection.
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West Virginia
Chester L. Dodson
West Virginia University
Water Research Institute
Dodson
West
Ohio River
Cheat River
Rowlesburg
Parsons
4-H Youth Leaders Conference at Jacksons Mill
About 175 adult 4-H leaders are expected to attend West Virginia's State 4H Youth Leaders Conference at Jacksons Mill from June 11 to 14. The program features panels, sessions, and assemblies focused on strengthening 4-H, with special tracks for new leaders and leaders aged 18 plus. Key figures include Dorothea Dillon and Dr. B L Coffindaffer, with a banquet and All Star consecration, and scholarships offered for full and part-time attendees. Also noted is West Virginia strawberry harvest reductions due to frost, with notes on irrigation protection and variable damage patterns.
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Jackson's Mill
Fayette
Harrison, Marion
Nicholas
Cabell
Wayne Counties
Dorothea Dillon
Jeffferson County
B. L. Coffindaffer
West Virginia University
Appalachian Center
Germany
China
Mildred Fizer
West Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Gus RR. Douglass
George Kemper
Agriculture Service
Kemper
West Virginia Association of Colleges and Universities
Bank OF Commerce
Charleston
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Browns-Halleck
State Chamber of Commerce
Cynthia DeVault
Arthur Wiles
John Ludlum
Marvin Zinn
Raymond Bolyard
Erma Dalton
Burkey Lilly
Foo
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Westinghouse
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