http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,0,0,html http://pecva.org/_images/logos/pec/Logo336633-113x82-5bit.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,4142,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,4142,-1,html 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,4075,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,4075,-1,html 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,3808,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,3808,-1,html 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,3056,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,3056,-1,html 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,2385,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,2385,-1,html 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. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,2278,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,200,2278,-1,html