Meet Your Forester: Brown Bag Webinar

Blue Ridge PRISM's 2022 Brown Bag Webinar Series Session 1: "Meet Your Forester!" Connecting landowners with their local foresters Come meet your area forester during the lunch hour! This session is a virtual event during which landowners in the Blue Ridge PRISM service region can connect with their local foresters There will be a very […]

Land Use and Environment Meeting

Join the Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission for the quarterly Land Use and Environment Meeting. The Land Use & Environment Committee is an opportunity for land use administrators, planners, and environmental managers from all counties and towns throughout the 5 county region to discuss and exchange information on topical issues related to local, state, and federal […]

Chesapeake Bay Webinar Series, Plan Integration for Resilience AND Equity

Planners have a number of plans for which they are responsible. Two factors, climate resilience and equity, are top-of-mind as we try and integrate planning strategies to provide multiple benefits. This webinar will explore examples of successful plan integration and their relation to building in more resilient approaches to local decision-making. The Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration […]

Today’s Menu: Re-Verifying Residential BMPs, Lessons Learned While Creating a Protocol

Join Guest Speakers Barbara Gavin and Justin Shafer for this great webinar. Elizabeth River Project began implementing residential Best Management Practices (BMPs) for pollution reduction credit (nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment) in 2014 with funding from the City of Norfolk. These projects range from rain gardens and lawn care plans to living shorelines and riparian buffer […]

Plant Central Rappahannock Natives Campaign Meeting

Join the George Washington Regional Commission and local partners to discuss the Plant Central Rappahannock Natives Campaign. Contact Kate Gibson for more information: gibson@gwregion.org Meeting Information: Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Learn More | Meeting options

NFWF Quality Assurance Project Plan Webinar- Field Assessment, Stakeholder, Geospatial, Modeling, and Secondary Data Projects

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund grants often require grantees to complete and follow a quality assurance protection plan (QAPP). This webinar will cover all project types conducting data collection or analysis other than those conducting sample analysis in a lab or as part of fieldwork. The types of projects […]

Coastal Wetland Migration as a Climate Change Resiliency Strategy: Conservation Planning and Decision Making

While coastal wetlands provide essential benefits to our coastal communities, they are at serious risk from the impacts of climate change, land use development, and shoreline hardening. One coastal resilience strategy is to conserve upland areas to allow for coastal wetlands to migrate inland in the face of sea-level rise. In this webinar, attendees will […]

2022 Woods and Wildlife Conference

Germanna Community College Daniel Technology Center 18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, VA, United States

Over 10 million acres of Virginia's woods are privately owned.  The Woods & Wildlife Conferences provide information, tools, and personal contacts to help private woodland owners keep their woods, and the wildlife that live in them, healthy and productive. A variety of topics are offered to appeal to owners of both small and large tracts, […]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional: Level I Certification

The Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program is working with the Rappahannock River Roundtable to host the Level I field training in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This course requires registration and participation in the online training sessions prior to the field training. The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification program is to develop a voluntary, […]

Flood Resilience and Adaptation Planning in the U.S.: Challenges and Opportunities

The frequency and severity of flood-inducing storms is projected to rise over the next several decades, placing a premium on the need to adapt now and better prepare communities for current and future impacts of climate change. The State Resilience Partnership, a network of organizations committed to support state planning and implementation efforts—convened by The Pew […]

Today’s Menu: Yes, in My Backyard Strategies for Normalizing (And Legalizing) Wildlife Gardens in HOA Communities with Nancy Lawson

It happens too often and in too many communities around the country: A responsible, environmentally conscious citizen takes the important step of converting her lawn to native plants, only to be reprimanded by her homeowners association for growing “weeds,” leaving stalks up for birds, or refusing to use pesticides. But even in an HOA, a […]

STAKEHOLDER WEBINAR: Understanding the Human Dimensions of Private Lands Conservation and Management A Virtual Conversation with Social Scientists

Join the Virginia Working Landscapes team for a conversation with social scientists from Virginia Tech and University of Maryland as we discuss ways in which social science can be used to learn from our communities to maximize conservation impact. With opportunities to: -Learn about local human dimensions research involving landowners, managers, and citizen scientists. -Help […]