Browntown Community Members Learn About Conservation Easements
Browntown residents learned how land protection is a great tool to protect family farms and improve water quality.
A Life of Service, A Legacy of Land
Hidden Springs Farm, operated by Walter and Joan Brown is not only a Virginia Century Farm, but is one of the last African American farms in Augusta County.
Partnership effort to preserve forestland and rich history
It can take a village to preserve such a treasured place. Nearly 50 people, including the Bullard family and Potomac Conservancy staff, worked together to protect this special land for generations to come.
Fish Live on Trees
Retired soil scientist, farmer, and author Bobby Whitescarver sums up his take on the value of streamside buffers quite simply: “Fish live on trees.”
Celebrating Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week Valley-style
It was a beautiful day to spend outside the office yesterday, celebrating Chesapeake Bay Awareness week. Most of our staff...
New Swoope Almanac Author Interview
We are incredibly excited to share that Bobby Whitescarver, the award-winning writer, conservationist, farmer and founding Alliance Board Member has published a new book.
Northbrook Farm and a mother’s wish
The last week of December 2018 is a date third generation farmer, Dee Hockman, is not likely to forget anytime soon.
With our Conservation Powers Combined
When Emily Warner, senior director of land conservation with Potomac Conservancy, first visited Bear Garden, she knew the 270-acre property was a great candidate for permanent land protection.
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