Bay Journal | www.bayjournal.com — The Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia filed an appeal Jan. 21 over a permit that would allow Caroline County to withdraw millions of gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River. The state has until late February to rule on the appeal. After five years, the Virginia Department of Environmental...Read More
Tidewater Review | www.dailypress.com/tidewater-review — INDIAN NECK — The Rappahannock Tribe has filed a legal challenge to Caroline County’s plans to withdraw up to nine million gallons of water a day from the Rappahannock River and transfer it to the Mattaponi River, arguing it could harm water quality and aquatic species. The Virginia Department of...Read More
News on the Neck | www.newsontheneck.com — In November 2025, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a permit allowing Caroline County to withdraw over 1.8 billion gallons of water a year from the Rappahannock River. On Monday, the Rappahannock Tribe announced that they filed an appeal challenging the department’s decision. Permit Approval Surface...Read More
Fredericksburg Free Press | www.fredericksburgfreepress.com — The Rappahannock Tribe has filed a challenge to Caroline County’s water withdrawal permit that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved in November. The Tribe contends that DEQ did not grant its requests that it conduct visual and auditory impact modeling before the final selection of the site of...Read More
Native News Online | https://nativenewsonline.net — The Rappahannock Tribe has filed an appeal challenging a state-issued permit that allows Caroline County to withdraw up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River and transfer it to the Mattaponi River. The appeal follows the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s approval in November...Read More
National Parks Traveler | www.nationalparkstraveler.org — The Rappahannock Tribe is challenging a permit that would allow a Virginia county to draw up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River, a portion of which includes the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. The tribe filed an appeal this week challenging the...Read More
Tribal Business News |www.tribalbusinessnews.com — The Rappahannock Tribe is objecting to a state decision allowing Caroline County to withdraw up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River, saying the permit threatens the river’s health and disregards the tribe’s sovereign rights. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality approved the 15 year...Read More
Native News Online | https://nativenewsonline.net — The Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia has raised serious concerns following the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) decision in early December to grant Caroline County a permit authorizing the withdrawal of up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River. The 15-year permit allows for...Read More
The Rappahannock Times | www.rapptimes.news — The Rappahannock Tribe is thrilled to share an exciting collaboration between Mission Blue, The Explorers Club, the Paul Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and the Rappahannock Tribe. The Tribe had lots to celebrate last week, including Stephen Tomasetti, director of the Sarbanes Coastal...Read More
Edge Effects | www.edgeeffects.net — The lives of people and herring along the Rappahannock River, in areas often characterized as “rural Virginia,” have long been shaped by migration, colonization, and industrial extraction. For millennia, herring were a vital food source for Indigenous Peoples and later supported Black and settler fishing communities. Their stories reveal herring to...Read More
