Part of a nine-mile trail system with old-growth forests and meadows, the Montpelier-Grelen Trail links the historic James Madison’s Montpelier with Grelen Nursery, a 25-year-old working tree nursery in Orange County.
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On the Ground Summer 2016
Find out some of the ‘On the Ground’ highlights from around PEC’s region.
- Albemarle: Key Parkland Purchase, Historic Bridge at Risk
- Clarke: River and Roots Festival
- Culpeper: Working with Partners to Create a New Park
- Fauquier: Help Shape the Future of Fauquier
- Greene: Landowners Learn About Land Conservation and Land Management
- Loudoun: Planning Underway for Loudoun’s Future
- Madison: Helping Native Brook Trout Habitat
- Orange: Gordonsville Renaissance
- Rappahannock: Working with Shenandoah National Park
On the Ground Spring 2016
Updates from our field offices around the Piedmont…
On the Ground
Read “On the Ground” updates for Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock Counties.
Power Hungry
This past May, 125 people gathered at the Rapidan fire hall to discuss how to protect the community and its historic and scenic landscape from Dominion’s newly proposed Remington-Pratts-Gordonsville Transmission Project.
A Vote Against Sprawl
Developers pushed Loudoun Board of Supervisors for more houses in the Transition Area and the Loudoun community pushed back!.
Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders in Environmental Conservation
This summer marks our ninth Summer Fellowship Program, an annual seven-week educational program for college students and recent graduates.
Leasing from Likeminded Landowners
In his search for the right piece of farmland, Ben Stowe spent a considerable amount of time “walking the grid.”
Letter to the Editor in the Culpeper Star Exponent: PEC working with Boneta to resolve issues
Mr. Osborn has been writing about a conservation easement that PEC holds on a property in Fauquier County — a property that PEC worked hard to raise the money to purchase and protect back in 2000. It is part of one of the most scenic landscapes in Virginia, one that tens of thousands of people pass through each year. It’s also visible from a highly visited section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and is part of the open space that surrounds the village of Paris, one of the anchors of the Crooked Run Rural Historic District.
The Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation
The Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation (the “Krebser Fund”) is dedicated to protecting important conservation lands and supporting conservation projects in Rappahannock County, Virginia. The Krebser Fund is a land conservation fund managed by the Piedmont Foundation–a 509(a)(3) supporting organization established to hold and manage the funds of The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC). Assisting with the establishment of conservation easements in Rappahannock County is one of the chief purposes of the Fund.