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Outdoor enthusiasts and
concerned citizens organized the Dan River Basin Association in 2002
to preserve and promote the wilderness-like rivers of this border
region of Piedmont North Carolina and Virginia. Faced with the
decline of tobacco and textiles, our traditional economic bases,
leaders in the Basin’s counties recognize the increasing importance
of the abundant high-quality water in this 3300-square-mile region.
In addition to its economic value as a water source and its
historical significance as a means of transportation, this river
system can provide excellent recreational opportunities to the 1.5
million citizens who live within an hour’s drive.
The
Association’s founders are promoting the rivers for multiple uses,
including recreation and commercial and municipal growth. We believe
that, with careful planning, natural and cultural preservation and
economic development can occur hand-in-hand. The unspoiled rivers,
the region’s unique and greatest resource, will be at the center as
the sixteen counties of the Basin build a diverse economy, which
must be based in part on new ideas. The Dan River Basin Association
believes that providing outdoor recreation is essential to the
region’s quality of life and its ability to draw new investment.
The
Dan River Basin Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
incorporated in North Carolina and Virginia, with basin-wide
membership and directors representing both states, and offices and
professional staff in Collinsville, Virginia and Eden, North
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