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.
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.
Walmart has chosen an alternative site for its store in Orange County -- a successful outcome for preservationists who, for years, pressed Walmart to build its store at a location that would not negatively impact Wilderness Battlefield.
Mining speculators want to end Virginia’s ban on uranium mining this year--a move that could bring radioactive and toxic contamination to water supplies throughout the state.
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
Walmart drops plans, but much of the gateway to the battlefield could still be developed. What happens next?
On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, Wal-Mart announced the cancellation of plans for a proposed Supercenter at the Wilderness Battlefield. Read more about the announcement.
Seven hundred and nineteen acres are newly protected at James Madison's Montpelier, through conservation easements purchased by PEC.
More than 700 acres of land at James Madison's Montpelier was permanently protected through a unique public-private partnership. Read more about the new conservation easements in Orange County.
