Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved. PEC conducts in-depth analysis of local issues relating the area's natural and community resources.
VDOT is collecting comments on their plan to nearly double the width of the bridge over Mulatto Run on Scenic Rt. 231. Find out more in this Sept. 26, 2011 PEC email alert.
The Culpeper Soil & Water Conservation District is now offering their popular rainbarrels at a discounted price. The price includes the rain barrel, equipment, instructions, and a 10-minute mini workshop on constructing and using the barrel.
The Madison County Comprehensive Plan is up for review and important sections calling for protection of farmland, scenic views, historic sites, and water quality are being stripped out. Learn more and attend a public hearing coming up this fall.
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
Converting some of your yard to native plants means more bugs (which is good!), more birds, less mowing and more for kids to see and do outside. Read more in this 2011 article by PEC's Madison Field Officer, Beth Burnam.
January 24, 2011. PEC Press Release
The Madison Farmers' Market opened for the season in April and will run through October 29, 2011. Come out to see what they have to offer on Saturday mornings at Hoover Ridge from 8am-12noon.
Find out how you can get involved with the community garden planted in Madison County. All levels of gardeners are welcome, and plots should be available to plant crops by Mid-March, weather permitting.
Farmers who establish riparian buffers and install livestock-exclusion fencing along the Upper Hazel River Watershed may be eligible for to receive full reimbursement. Read more about the program and find out if you qualify.
New incentives make it free for farmers to fence livestock away from streams--helping to restore water quality in the Hazel, Hughes, Rush, and Thornton Rivers.
Read more about this significant "round" barn constructed entirely of local materials by barn builder "Tiny" Dawson--and it's listed to the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places.
This group works to spread the word about conservation easements to landowners in Madison County.
Protecting farmland and the foothills of Shenandoah National Park.
