A big day in DC
When I got in the car on Sunday afternoon to make the trek to our nation’s capital to hear the...
Support conservation for water quality and rural economies
A committee of state legislators is meeting right now to finalize the budget. Please ask the members of this committee to support sufficient funding for land conservation and agricultural best management practices, like stream livestock exclusion and native tree planting. In order to meet the state’s 2025 water quality goals, there must be funding in place to get this work done.
Alliance Board Chair Joan Comanor named Citizen of the Year!
Our board chair Joan Comanor was named 2019 Citizen of the Year at the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce awards...
I-81 Committee Meeting 2
Alliance Transportation Lead Kim Sandum attended the second meeting of the I-81 Committee and had some good progress to report...
Augusta County Plans for Solar
Solar, particularly large utility scale projects intended to send power back into the grid, can sometimes become controversial as is...
The ACP is unlawful and SCOTUS is about to hear it
The highest court in the land – Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) – will soon hear Dominion’s appeal...
AT RISK – Public Participation in Forest Service Decisions
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing changes to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that will eliminate public participation...
Of Bats and Bumblebees
Never underestimate the power of the truth, even among the smallest of god’s creatures, especially if those creatures happen to be rare crustaceans, bumblebees, mussels, and bats.
Interstate 81 Committee Formed
You may remember the legislation passed earlier this year enacting the I-81 Corridor Improvement Plan included the creation of an...
Virginia Reps request a STOP WORK ORDER
On July 11, 18 Virginia General Assembly representatives (4 Senators and 14 Delegates) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking FERC to “issue a stop work order and suspend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity while it reassesses the need for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).”