Come and learn about different examples of active forest management for both timber production and wildlife abound in these rural counties. Essex and King & Queen Counties $25/person; $45/couple Meet at 12:30 p.m. at Upper King & Queen Ruritan 186 Walnut Springs  Road St. Stephen’s Church, VA 23148. Tour begins promptly at 1:00 p.m. Stop 1: Young […]

Did you know that Mecklenburg County grows a lot of trees? In fact, Mecklenburg is one of the top ten producers of timber (by volume) in Virginia. Timber harvesting creates habitat, and as such, wildlife abounds here. Mecklenburg County $45/person; $80/couple Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area 6282 Bugs Island Road […]

Join Virginia Cooperative Extension's Neil Clark to learn about the itchiest things in the woods - chiggers. Simply visit the Facebook or YouTube page at 12:15 on October 13 to watch the video and participate in a live chat. YouTube Facebook Live

Come learn about Warren County’s strategic location of land and water trade routes has made it a happening place for thousands of years beginning with the Native Americans. While every county in Virginia is historic, only one can boast that the oldest known permanent habitations in the eastern United States are located here, along the South […]

Join our partners at Tree Fredericksburg and enjoy the nice fall weather, planting trees in Downtown Fredericksburg Mayfield Neighborhood on Saturday, October 21st! From 9am - 12pm.  All equipment and tools will be supplied. Please wear long pants and closed toed shoes for safety. Click here to sign up! Please do not register children under 14 […]

Want to learn more about the environment and how to have a better garden? Join Tree Fredericksburg in a series of discovery as they cover different tree and gardening topics throughout 2023. Classes will be held on the third Saturday of the month from 10-11 am at Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal Street. Classes […]

Join us at the third annual 2023 Rappahannock River Symposium! This excellent opportunity for partners of the Rappahannock River Roundtable to collaborate and share research, successes, program highlights, new projects, management tools, and more with others dedicated to clean water and environmentalism. By attending the symposium you can receive two contact hours toward the DCR […]

Chesapeake Oyster Alliance (COA) invites you to attend the 2023 Chesapeake Oyster Science Symposium, where the fields of oyster restoration, aquaculture, and research to explore cutting-edge innovation and collaboration in the oyster world.  The Symposium will be broadcast live over Zoom from the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD, on Thursday, October 26th from 10:30 am […]

Join our partners at Tree Fredericksburg and enjoy the nice fall weather, planting trees in Downtown Fredericksburg College Heights Neighborhood on Saturday, November 4th! From 9am - 12pm.  All equipment and tools will be supplied. Please wear long pants and closed toed shoes for safety. Click here to sign up! Please do not register children […]

You Don't want to miss out on wonderful tree giveaway, this weekend! Saturday, November 11 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pm PLEASE RESERVE YOUR TREES IN ADVANCE at riverfriends.org/culpeper-tree-giveaway/ 300 Trees will be available! 50 serviceberry 50 flowering dogwood 50 sweetbay magnolia 50 black gum 30 shumard oak 25 scarlet oak 27 hackberry 18 black […]

Want to learn more about the environment and how to have a better garden? Join Tree Fredericksburg in a series of discovery as they cover different tree and gardening topics throughout 2023. Classes will be held on the third Saturday of the month from 10-11 am at Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal Street. Classes […]

Come out and join The Piedmont Environmental Council in partnership with the Friends of the Rappahannock and the Rappahannock County Recreational Facilities Authority for a volunteer tree planting on Wednesday, December 6th, at the Rappahannock County Park in Washington, VA. Volunteers are needed for two shifts, one from 9:00am - 12:00pm and the other from 12:30pm to 3:00pm, to help […]