http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,96,0,0,html PEC works to help citizens in Fauquier build better communities and protect cherished resources--scenic views, working farms, historic heritage, clean water, and healthy air. http://www.pecva.org/anx/img/logo.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,96,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en Students from the Wakefield Junior Stewards Club and The Hill School Treehuggers club help protect and promote the Piedmont. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,463,1519,-1,html There is currently a quarantine of Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that attacks and kills ash trees. Without a permit, live ash material, green wood, chips, or compost cannot be moved out of the quarantine area. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,463,1458,-1,html Learn about the expansion of the existing Columbia Gas right-of-way in the Crooked Run Valley. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,463,1380,-1,html Fauquier County's Purchase of Development Rights Program will open a new application cycle beginning June 2nd and running through August 29th, 2008. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,459,1257,-1,html 4,180 acres were preserved in 2007 for a grand total of nearly 82,000 acres conserved in the Fauquier County. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,181,947,-1,html Despite the significant negative impact that the Costco project will have on New Baltimore, on November 8, 2007 the Fauquier county Board of Supervisors voted in favor of the rezoning and special exception necessary for the project to move forward. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,284,825,-1,html The proposal would contribute many more cars to already bad traffic on Route 29 and nearby roads. It would bring another stoplight and new traffic from Prince William and other counties to New Baltimore. It would generate more traffic than by-right uses. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,284,717,-1,html The County cannot protect its existing easements (or the impacted wetlands) if the proposed development goes forward. How can the County ask outside entities to respect our conservation easements if the Cross Creek easement is not honored? http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,284,716,-1,html The just-approved Comprehensive Plan prohibits big box in New Baltimore. Breaking this plan sets a dangerous precedent that could bring more violations to the county's other growth areas in Marshall and southern Fauquier. And it violates the law. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,284,715,-1,html PEC is working with Fauquier County on the Rappahannock Station Battlefield Park in Remington, to finalize the land transfer from the developer to the County, to place appropriate easements on the property, and to plan the park layout. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,181,521,-1,html A rezoning request for 8.5 acres from Residential (R-1) to Commercial-Highway (C-2) and a Special Exception request to permit a store over 50,000 square feet (Costco). http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,284,483,-1,html Newspaper, TV, and radio reports on issues affecting our quality of life, environment, and rural heritage in Fauquier County. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,182,444,-1,html