In 2025, landowners and conservation organizations in The Piedmont Environmental Council’s nine-county region conserved over 4,178 acres through conservation easements. The Conservation Fund’s purchase of Oak Hill in Loudoun County and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation’s acquisition for the Bull Run Mountain Natural Areas Preserve added another 1,374 acres.
Elizabeth Ransom
The Piedmont Environmental Council Awarded $11,000 Grant to Bring Agrivoltaics to Low-income Urban Communities
PEC has received an $11,000 grant from the Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute to help launch an initiative to develop agrivoltaics projects for urban and low-income communities. Agrivoltaics combines food production with on-site clean energy generation on the same plot of land.
Piedmont Mobility Alliance Convenes Summit to Advocate for Better Community Access to the Great Outdoors
The Piedmont Mobility Alliance will convene the sixth annual Active Mobility Summit on March 5 and 6 to focus on the economic and social benefits of public access to the great outdoors.