Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
(Leesburg) The Piedmont Environmental Council is excited to bring Richard Louv, best-selling author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle, to the Piedmont. Join us at Tuscarora High School at 7pm. Tickets are $12/adult, $8/student.
Learn more about a rezoning application that has been submitted to Culpeper County for 275 homes at Clevenger's Corner (the corner of Rt. 211 and Rt. 229).
Learn more about this costly and unjustified road proposal in a May 2011 PEC email alert and use the Take Action links to write to the Governor!
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
January 24, 2011. PEC Press Release
Two more cell tower proposals have been submitted to Rappahannock County--and have already been recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. Write to the Board before their Feb. 7th, 2011 vote.
Kids can taste the difference on Local Foods Day, when all the cafeterias in the Rappahannock County Public Schools serve food that was grown in the county. Read more about how PEC has helped the Farm to Table Program bring local food to students.
Through past proposals we have seen how both sighting and design can have huge impacts on whether these facilities blend into our landscape or stand out as eyesores. Read more in the December 13, 2010 email alert.
February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.
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.
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.
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.
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.
