Dominion News Releases

October 9, 2001

Dominion Volunteers Pitch In To Help Environment

More than 650 employees are planning to participate in the weeklong program, which targets clean-up, repair and construction projects at parks and natural areas in communities where Dominion operates. The projects are slated to begin Oct. 9 in Virginia and West Virginia and conclude Oct. 12 in Ohio.

“Dominion is proud of its reputation as a sound environmental steward,” said Thos. E. Capps, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “A lot of the credit for that achievement goes to our employees, who take a keen interest in protecting our natural resources both on and off the job. Our employees know the needs of their communities and selected these projects based on their environmental improvements and benefit to the general public.”

This year, the overall effort was expanded to eight states from five last year and to 13 projects as compared to seven last year. Projects selected by employees include building vehicle bridges for park employees, constructing a canoe storage shed, removing invasive plants, making handicapped access trails and planting trees.

Dominion supported the employees’ volunteer effort by paying for materials and providing tools and equipment.

The projects are:

Richmond, Va.: Historic Pumphouse 
Wed., Oct. 10

• Dominion volunteers will clear 150 yards of overgrown brush to allow visitors to view the original Kanawha Canal and impressive stone arch. Other volunteers will build a new set of stairs and restore two other sets of stairs to allow visitors to walk down to the original canal. (Media contact Patty Campbell, 804-755-5400)

Chesapeake, Va.: Northwest River Park 
Tues.-Wed., Oct. 9-10

• Dominion volunteers will build a bridge to be used by park vehicles, which will allow park employees to enhance their environmental education programs. (Media contact: Chuck Penn, 757-857-2700)

Charlottesville, Va.: Washington Park 
Thursday, Oct. 11

• Dominion volunteers will install boardwalks and an observation area, remove rotted steps and replace them with treated timber. (Media contact: Le-Ha Anderson, 703-591-1201)

Fairfax, Va.: Mason Neck State Park
Thursday, Oct. 11

• Dominion volunteers will build a canoe storage shed to enhance current environmental education programs. Other volunteers will clear a space for two kiosks and erect a split-rail fence. (Media contact: Le-Ha Anderson, 703-591-1201)

Outer Banks, N.C.: The Nature Conservancy 
Thursday, Oct. 11

• Dominion North Carolina volunteers will build benches, clear large tree deadfalls that threaten trails, remove invasive plants and install signs and markers. (Media contact: Chuck Penn, 757-857-2700)

Pittsburgh, Pa.: Schenley Park 
Thursday, Oct. 11

• Continuing the work that Dominion volunteers started in October 2000, volunteers will remove invasive plant species from trails and clear debris and overgrowth on steps. (Media contact: Denise Brundage, 412-497-5561)

Westmoreland, Pa: Conservation District, Donohoe Center 
Wed., Oct. 10

• Volunteers will move a storage shed and compost bins to the education center. Other volunteers will build an environmental education demonstration area. (Media contact: Denise Brundage, 412-497-5561)

Cleveland, Ohio: Mill Creek Trail and Waterfall Project 
Friday, Oct. 12

• Volunteers will paint and trim a building, construct a gazebo and landscape. (Media contact: Jeff Zidonis, 216-736-6228)

Youngstown, Ohio: Wood/Commerce Street Land Restoration 
Wed., Oct. 10

• Partnering with the Mill Creek Neighborhood History Center, volunteers will be do extensive weeding and mulching. They also will plant shrubs. (Media contact Tracy Oliver, 216-736-6219)

Morgantown, W Va.: Chestnut Ridge Park 
Tuesday, Oct. 9

• Dominion volunteers will be create a new, handicapped-accessible trail around a pond, and complete another trail. (Media contact: Robert Fulton, 304-627-3200)

Mystic, Conn.: Denison PequotSepos Nature Center 
Tuesday, Oct. 9

• Millstone volunteers will replace boards and railings on a number of boardwalks and bridges throughout the park, repair wooden railroad-tie steps and remove logs from a butterfly garden. (Media contact: Maria Nappi, 860-691-4670)

New Orleans: Parkway Partners 
Friday, Oct. 12

• Volunteers will transform a blighted lot into an urban tree project by transplanting 400-800 sapling cypress and other trees. (Media contact: Peggy Cole, 504-593-7301)

Houston: Trees for Houston 
Tuesday, Oct. 9

• Volunteers will plant large trees at Cage Elementary, an inner-city school. (Media contact: Peggy Cole, 504-593-7301)

Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy, with a production capability of 2.7 trillion British thermal units of energy per day. The company has a power generation portfolio of more than 21,000 megawatts, which is expected to grow to more than 28,000 megawatts by 2005. Dominion is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America, with nearly 3 trillion cubic feet of equivalent reserves. The company has 7,600 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline and a delivery capability of 6.3 billion cubic feet per day.

In addition, the company operates the nation’s largest underground natural gas storage system, with over 950 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. Dominion serves nearly 4 million retail natural gas and electric customers.

Dominion also has a managing equity interest in Dominion Fiber Ventures LLC, owner of Dominion Telecom. Dominion Telecom is expanding its fiber-optic network from 35,000 fiber miles (3,600 route miles) to more than 426,000 fiber miles (16,800 route miles). For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.

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