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  • Corpse Botany Walk at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Join The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL), and Sustainability Matters for a corpse botany walk at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook to learn about native plant identification after meadow species have gone to seed!

  • Virginia Bluebird Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting & Program

    The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Virginia Bluebird Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 1 in person in at The Center at Belvedere in Charlotteville and via Zoom.

  • Halloween Bike Ride

    Charlottesville Community Bikes 917 #D Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Get your costume, scare up some friends and join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance for a free, fun, relaxed and social bicycle ride through the streets of Charlottesville!

  • Chesapeake Watershed Forum

    National Conservation Training Center 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States

    PEC's October Greenfield and Linnea Sherman will be speaking about opportunities for expanding the conservation toolbox.

  • Two male volunteers smiling at camera while planting trees on a hillside.

    Tree Planting at Rappahannock County Park

    Rappahannock County Park 7 Park Ln, Washington, Virginia, United States

    Together, we will plant approximately 150 native trees and shrubs to enhance the riparian buffer along the Rush River, a tributary of the Rappahannock River watershed.  

  • Conservation Open House in Etlan

    Ducard Vineyard 40 Gibson Hollow Lane, Etlan, Virginia

    The community is invited to a free, open house at Ducard Vineyards to mingle with each other and conservation practitioners in the area including the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative and the Shenandoah National Park Trust. We hope to meet Etlan landowners and managers and share about the many resources and support […]

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance: December 2025 Meeting

    UPDATE: This meeting will be virtual only. Join Zoom Meeting:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83587010922?pwd=yVpSMVXs8PZEuBQjX1gwF7Bow4Wi4N.1&jst=2 The Piedmont Mobility Alliance is a coalition of organizations, agencies, businesses and groups who share a vision of a better-connected community for walking, biking and other forms of active transportation in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. We gather every two months to share updates and work […]

  • General Assembly Preview & Watch Party

    PEC Warrenton Office 45 Horner St, Warrenton, VA, United States

    Learn what issues we expect to come up during the 2026 General Assembly session! This is your best chance to hear about anticipated environmental legislation from statewide environmental experts ahead of Virginia's legislative session.

    $20

  • Virginia Outdoor Recreation Day

    General Assembly Building 201 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia

    Show up and show your support for Virginia's great outdoors at the inaugural Outdoor Recreation Day, January 28, 2026!

  • POSTPONED: Charlottesville Open House

    Piedmont Environmental Council 410 East Water Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS

  • Four people wearing heavy winter coats standing in front of a white government building and lawn in Richmond, Virginia.

    Virginia Conservation Network’s Conservation Lobby Day

    St. Paul's Episcopal Church 815 E Grace St, Richmond, Virginia, United States

    The Virginia Conservation Network (VCN)'s Annual Conservation Lobby Day on Feb. 4, 2026 is your chance to lobby with fellow advocates for important environmental action.

    $25

  • Data Center Reform Lobby Day

    St Paul’s Episcopal Church 815 East Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, United States

    The Data Center Reform Coalition is excited to announce our 2026 Lobby Day slated for February 9, 2026. Together, we are urging state lawmakers to take action on the unchecked, exponential growth of data centers in Virginia.

  • Community Meeting: Rapidan River – Clark Mountain Rural Historic District

    Emmanuel Episcopal Church 28279 Rapidan Rd, Rapidan, Virginia, United States

    Join neighbors and friends to learn about the proposed Rapidan River – Clark Mountain Rural Historic District. The Piedmont Environmental Council will host this community meeting to explain the proposed […]

  • Basics of Land Conservation and Farm Grants

    Greene County Library 222 Main Street #101, Stanardsville, Virginia

    Join us Monday, Feb. 23 evening to learn more about the various conservation tools available to landowners interested in protecting their land and the area's significant farm and forestland. The […]