http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,272,0,0,html http://pecva.org/_images/logos/pec/Logo336633-113x82-5bit.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,272,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en In 1979, Bill Speiden was offered a lease for uranium mining and milling on his Orange County farm. That uranium hasn't gone anywhere. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4268,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4268,-1,html Get the newsletter as a PDF. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4248,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4248,-1,html Route 231 is a Scenic Byway, but VDOT's plan to double the size of this bridge would make the road feel more like a highway. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4242,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4242,-1,html Diana Norris, PEC's new Fauquier County Field Officer, is the granddaughter of one of PEC's founders. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4239,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4239,-1,html "At every turn, PEC is engaged in specific projects to protect and enhance the values that define our region." http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4237,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4237,-1,html PEC and our partners are providing funds to assess and repair damages to historic buildings in downtown Culpeper, due to the August 23 earthquake. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4247,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4247,-1,html Creekside would increase Greene County's population by 20%, dramatically increase traffic on Rt. 29, and require a major subsidy from local taxpayers. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4245,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4245,-1,html Four star naturalists guided a walk through restored native habitats at the Jones Nature Preserve in Rappahannock. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4244,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4244,-1,html PEC advocates for a plan for the Rt. 3 corridor that maximizes the economic potential of the area's extraordinary historic sites. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4246,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4246,-1,html Farmers are using a unique incentive program coordinated by PEC to fence their livestock out of streams, improving water quality. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4243,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4243,-1,html VDOT gave plans for the Charlottesville Western Bypass an F. So why spend half a billion dollars on it? http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4241,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4241,-1,html The fifth annual Clarke County Conservation Fair brought all the fourth-graders in the county together, learning how and why to protect natural resources. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4240,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4240,-1,html PEC helped students in Purcellville save the last mature forest in town for their school's outdoor lab and create a new public nature trail. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4238,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,764,4238,-1,html This Holiday local food guide includes Christmas trees, decorations, and holiday foods for the Northern Piedmont Counties of Madison, Orange, Culpeper, Rappahannock, and Fauquier. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,329,4213,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,329,4213,-1,html This local Holiday guide includes Christmas trees, decorations, and holiday foods for Charlottesville and Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, Fluvanna, and Nelson Counties. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,329,4212,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,329,4212,-1,html The Outer Beltway around DC and the Charlottesville bypass are both demonstrably bad ideas and wastes of public money--which is why road proponents are sneaking around the public process to push them forward. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4091,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4091,-1,html Infrastructure that serves existing population centers is left to languish, while roads that would lead to speculative development in rural areas go up at great expense. This is the opposite of the way we should be prioritizing. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4090,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4090,-1,html This summer marked the fifth year of the PEC Fellowship Program, which is becoming a nationally known educational program for students with an interest in environmental work. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4089,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,760,4089,-1,html