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  • American Kestrel Talk at Blandy Experimental Farm

    Blandy Experimental Farm 400 Blandy Farm Lane, Boyce, Virginia, United States

    Join us to learn about conservation efforts to provide nesting habitat for American Kestrels across the Virginia Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. October Greenfield, Wildlife Habitat Restoration Coordinator for The Piedmont Environmental Council, will present on American Kestrel ecology and conservation challenges, followed by a field walk to learn about monitoring nest boxes.

  • Virginia Black Bear Festival

    Main St. Main Street, Stanardsville, Virginia, United States

    The Virginia Black Bear Festival is a Community Event Celebrating the Virginia Black Bear, nature, the Shenandoah National Park and the Appalachian Trail.

  • Sir Peter Crane at Fauquier Public Library

    Sir Peter Crane, President of Oak Spring Garden Foundation, will be the featured speaker at Sundays at Two, a program sponsored by Fauquier Public Library.

  • Solarize Virginia Webinar Series

    Solarize Virginia 2024 runs from April 1 through June 30! Join us for an informative lunchtime webinar on the benefits of solar, how our solar campaign works, and how we as a community can come together for a brighter future.

  • A transmission line spans rural, agricultural land in Loudon County.

    Community Meeting on Transmission Lines

    Heritage High School 520 Evergreen Mills Rd SE, Leesburg, Virginia

    Learn about the proliferation of transmission line proposals resulting from unfettered data center development in Loudoun County.

    Free

  • Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance Summer Gathering

    Join friends and partners of the Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance on June 20 at Sweet Run State Park! We will learn about Virginia’s newest state park from Park Manager Keven Bowman and share partner news from around the Ridge.

  • Annual Purple Martin Field Day

    Join the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative at a bird-focused field day hosted by the Purple Martin Conservation Association. This field day will be held at the farm of Mrs. Merle Wood and her son, Mr. Lance Wood in Louisa County. Come learn about purple martins, a native songbird that relies almost exclusively on human-supplied housing, and how to attract and manage a colony of your own. The Wood farm hosts a large colony of more than 70 pairs of martins!

  • Member Open House in Warrenton

    Join PEC at our Warrenton office on Thursday, July 11, from 3–6 p.m. for refreshing ice cream, cold drinks and camaraderie.

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance July Meeting + Social

    407 E Water St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA

    Join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance, a coalition dedicated to improving walking, biking, transit and everyday access to the outdoors in Charlottesville and Albemarle, for our July 31 to find out what's happening around town and how you can get involved. Just want to meet others without the info? Meet us afterwards at Botanical Fare on the Downtown Mall.

  • Nature Night: Nocturnal Insects at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Join The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and The Clifton Institute for an evening discovering the diversity of moths and other nocturnal insects at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook! This first-ever nighttime program at the overlook will start with an introduction to the property, followed by a short hike through the native meadow before observing the interesting moths and other insects […]

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    Joint Piedmont / Shenandoah Active Mobility Social

    Sunset Park 300 N. Winchester Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia

    The Piedmont Mobility Alliance and the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition are joining forces for a combined social gathering to celebrate Waynesboro’s brand new trail park and to enjoy a spectacular view. Dwane Jones (Director, Waynesboro Parks and Recreation) will talk about Sunset Park and several other nearby projects. Advocates and planners from the Piedmont and […]

  • New Landowner Conservation Services Workshop

    Come out and meet with professionals from a myriad of conservation organizations active in providing landowner conservation programs and services in the Culpeper District! This program is targeted to newer landowners of agricultural and forested land in Culpeper, Madison, Greene, Orange and Rappahannock wishing to understand how the programs work! Speakers include representatives from Culpeper […]

  • save the date invitation for pec's farm-to-table dinner on september 21, 2024 at spring hill farm

    Farm-to-Table Dinner & Virtual Auction

    PEC’s annual Farm-to-Table Dinner will take place at historic Spring Hill, where Michela Gorham & Family will host us for cocktails, a farm-to-table dinner, and dancing to Gordon Sterling & The People — all with sweeping views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook.

  • 2024 Rivanna River Basin Commission Annual Conference

    Carver Recreation Center 233 4th Street Northwest, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Learn what's happening in the urban Rivanna corridor to bridge gaps in conservation and connectivity, celebrate local wins & get involved!

    $10 – $15

  • September Mobility Alliance Meeting

    Water Street Center 407 E Water St, Charlottesville, Virginia

    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 collaboratively on projects that none can accomplish alone. This meeting is in […]

  • a group of young people walk through a field with binoculars

    Birding Walk at Roundabout Meadows

    Join PEC Wildlife Habitat Restoration Coordinator, October Greenfield, for a birding walk along the newly expanded Old Carolina Road Trail at PEC’s Roundabout Meadows.

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    Loop de Ville Trailfest

    Rivanna River Company 1520 East High Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Please join PEC, the Rivanna Trails Foundation, and a bunch of our partner organizations for the annual Loop de Ville Trailfest on Sunday, October 6! It is celebration of National Public Lands Day, the beloved Rivanna Trail, and access to the outdoors. There will be numerous hikes, walks, runs, and bike rides for people of […]

  • Five Mile Loop Advocacy Hike

    Brooks Family YMCA 151 McIntire Park Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia

    With leadership from PEC, the Piedmont Mobility Alliance has been advocating for the creation of a five-mile greenway loop centered around McIntire Park, where PEC is sponsoring a cheer zone for the annual Loop de VIlle Trailfest. Join us on a guided walk of the loop, led by PEC’s Charlottesville / Albemarle Community Outreach Manager, that will showcase the route and celebrate a new right-of-way acquisition that will help close the loop.

  • Wild & Scenic Film Festival

    Violet Crown Cinema 200 West Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

    Join us and the Living Earth School at the 3rd Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival Oct. 16.

    $25

  • Halloween Bike Ride

    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!

  • Land & Water Conservation: Carbon, Easements, & Cost-Share Workshop

    PVCC Eugene Giuseppe Center 222 South Main Street, Standardsville, United States

    At this upcoming workshop in Greene County, landowners can learn from conservation professionals in our region about forest carbon, conservation easements, and other climate-smart conservation programs and opportunities available in our region. Rappahannock Carbon is a program offered by the Rappahannock River Roundtable partners to assist landowners in conserving their forests by utilizing carbon market resources and conservation […]

  • 2025 General Assembly Preview Watch Party

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

    Get ready for the 2025 Virginia General Assembly session in January by tuning in for a state-wide sneak preview of environmental legislation. 

  • Remington Community Meeting

    400 N CHURCH ROAD +1 more

    Remington residents, conservation groups and others will explain how data center developments threaten quality of life and community-wide revitalization efforts.

    Free

  • Data Center 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 2025 Lobby Day slated for January 20, 2025. Together, we are urging state lawmakers to take action on the unchecked, exponential growth of data centers in Virginia.

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    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 is your chance to lobby with fellow advocates in your district for environmental action that matters most to you.

    $15 – $250

  • Charlottesville Office Open House

    Piedmont Environmental Council 410 East Water Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Brighten up a winter evening with drinks, light bites, and community conversations about PEC’s work at our Charlottesville Office's Open House. Our location in the historic King Building, off of the Downtown Mall, serves as the home base for PEC's work on the southern half of our nine-county region that extends from Albemarle to Loudoun County. […]

  • American Kestrels: Nest Box Monitoring and Banding

    Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education 213 N King St, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

    The Potomac Valley Audubon Society welcomes October Greenfield, Wildlife Habitat Program Manager for The Piedmont Environmental Council and Co-coordinator of the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative! This program is free and open to the public, in person and virtually. SCHEDULE We will also be offering this program virtually! Here is the Zoom link so you can join in […]

  • Woods & Wildlife Conference: Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program

    Daniel Technology Center – Germanna Community College (Culpeper Campus) 18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, Virginia

    Join PEC and other partners at the 21st Annual Landowner Woods & Wildlife Conference, Saturday, Feb. 22. The full day conference will provide information, tools, and personal contacts to help private woodland owners keep their woods, and the wildlife that live in them, healthy and productive.   A variety of topics are offered to appeal to […]

  • A room filled with people sitting across from each other at tables with maps in between them.

    Greene County Conservation Speed Dating Workshop

    Join PEC Feb. 26 for a hands-on workshop involving one-on-one interaction with local technical service providers and conservation practitioners to discuss your interests, options, and next steps specific to your property.

  • Chesapeake Bay Day on Capitol Hill

    You are invited to join the Choose Clean Water Coalition for our 14th Annual Chesapeake Bay Day on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 5.

    Free

  • Winter Lecture: Bringing Back Virginia’s Grassland Birds

    Bull Run Mountain Conservancy's Mountain House Headquarters 17405 Beverley Mill Dr, Broad Run, Virginia +1 more

    Join PEC Wildlife Habitat Restoration Coordinator, October Greenfield, and Leopold's Preserve to learn more about the decline of grassland birds and the work of the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative.

    Free

  • 2025 Charlottesville / Albemarle Active Mobility Summit

    The Wool Factory 1837 Broadway Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Charlottesville / Albemarle Active Mobility Summit invites you, whether you're a cyclist, walker, runner, or simply interested in promoting active lifestyles and access to the outdoors, to this fun and informative event!

    Get ready to be inspired and empowered to create positive change in the community.

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance: March Meeting

    Charlottesville Parks & Recreation 501 E Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Piedmont Mobility Alliance (pecva.org/mobilityalliance) 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 collaboratively on projects that none can accomplish alone. In-person […]