Current Events and 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.
(Rappahannock) Come out to Hume to enjoy live music and award winning wine in support of the Mountain Laurel Montessori School in Rappahannock.
February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.
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.
Rappahannock County schools celebrated their second annual Local Food Day, serving a delicious local lunch in all of the public school cafeterias. Read more about this special event in the Winter 2009 Piedmont View.
Learn more about a local community effort to plant extra produce for local families in need.
Do you have a barn or silo that would be a good home for a barn owl? Read the article in the Rappahannock News to find out how you can help barn owls in Rappahannock.
August 19, 2008- Read PEC and other organization's comments to the SCC regarding the Hearing Examiner's recommendation for approval of the transmission line.
Hundreds of stories from Rappahannock residents will serve as the basis for revisions to the local Comprehensive Plan.
The PEC is working with other environmental organizations to ensure a more unified effort to protect the natural beauty of Rappahannock County.
RappFLOW a local, grassroots watershed group, has been very busy with its pilot study on the Upper Thornton River.
Norfolk Southern has plans to nearly double train traffic on the Piedmont rail line—from fourteen trains a day to approximately twenty-six. Find out more.
