As a frequent paddler of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers and many other streams and rivers in Virginia, who grew up in Virginia, and learned to canoe and kayak in Virginia, I would like to express my support for the suggestions made by the Riverkeeper to provide more transparency to the construction permitting process and additional protection to the rivers and streams of Virginia.  I understand that this is a difficult economic time however if the improvements are not made during the current construction permit renewal cycle these needed changes will wait another 5 years and protection of the streams and rivers of Virginia will not be enacted.  

-Peter Bross