It’s shaping up to be a pretty good session for conservation, but the next couple of days are critical and legislators need to hear from you now.
Page County has been here before with the landfill, the proposed Fibrowatt development and the failed industrial park. Let’s do better this go around.
We applaud the restoration of funding to the county’s Conservation Easement Authority (CEA) to ensure Shenandoah County’s continued progress in land preservation – a community-wide benefit.
Chapman Landing to the northern border of Seven Bends State Park will be officially recognized for its natural, scenic, historic and recreational values as one of Virginia’s most valuable rivers.
There is legislation in front of members of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee that needs your support. HB 2165 […]
The group has met several times to wrestle with the issues to consider for citing a good solar project AND balancing the interests of the county’s primary economies of agriculture and tourism.
This webinar will explore the topics of family land, farming and race. We’ll also hear about Virginia’s recent efforts to slow the loss of family-owned farmland and explore next steps to ensure that Black families and other historically underrepresented groups can continue to farm in the Valley and across Virginia.
We’ve learned since our last post that Page County Supervisors will consider three different solar ordinances at their meeting tomorrow.
We commend Augusta County for the time and effort put into making sure solar projects in the county are well-sited and successful and that valuable natural resources and the quality of life of our communities are included in local planning efforts.
We are very concerned that the carefully crafted protections in the ordinance may be removed and/or weakened.