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SUMMARY:Native Tree Giveaway at Orvis Leesburg
DESCRIPTION:Pick up a tree on your next shopping trip to the Orvis store in Leesburg. We’ll be giving away free native trees\, courtesy of Piedmont Environmental Council and Friends of the Rappahannock April 5 @ 1-5 p.m. Species include white oak\, flowering dogwood\, serviceberry\, and witch hazel. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Linnea Sherman at lsherman@pecva.org.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/native-tree-giveaway-at-orvis-leesburg/
LOCATION:Orvis Store Leesburg\, 1614 Village Market Blvd SE #110\, Leesburg\, Virginia\, 20175
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SUMMARY:Best Practices for Solar Development
DESCRIPTION:The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Senior Energy and Climate Advisor\, Ashish Kapoor\, will join a panel on Best Practices for Solar Development at the Environment Virginia Symposium. There will be a discussion April 10 at 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. title “Sun and Soil: The Promise of Agrivoltaics in Virginia” about the potential for dual use solar in the Commonwealth followed by an overview of the “Solar + Storage + Crops” project being developed by the Piedmont Environmental Council at our Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the workshops at the symposium.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/best-practices-for-solar-development/
LOCATION:Virginia Military Institute\, 500 Anderson Drive\, Lexington\, Va\, 24450
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SUMMARY:22nd Annual Bluebell Walk: In Tribute to Mike Stevens
DESCRIPTION:Join The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Julian W. Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund for the 22nd Annual Bluebell Walk in Catlett\, Virginia. This year’s event will be in tribute to Mike Stevens. \n\n\n\nEach year in April\, a spectacular display of thousands of bluebells appear on the banks of Cedar Run at Bonny Brook Farm. To celebrate this rite of spring\, Piedmont Environmental Council staff\, together with representatives from several partner organizations will be participating to talk about the restoration work that has taken place at Bonny Brook Farm to enhance wildlife habitat. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public but space is limited. Registration is required on Eventbrite. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nOutdoor clothing and boots are recommended. Please\, no pets. Note: the round trip walk to Cedar Run will be approximately one mile in length through fields. The event will take place rain or shine! \n\n\n\nDonations are welcome for the Julian W. Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund for continued land and water conservation efforts in Fauquier County. \n\n\n\nThe event is hosted by Margrete Stevens. \n\n\n\nMike Stevens\n\n\n\nMike Stevens worked as a development economist for close to 50 years. Born in England\, Mike lived in several parts of Africa and the Far East before joining the World Bank in Washington\, D.C. in 1985. \n\n\n\nMike and his wife\, Margrete\, bought Bonny Brook Farm in 1992. In addition to conserving the land in a permanent conservation easement\, land management has included the planing of 155 native trees along Cedar Run; the extraction of miles of old barbed wire nestled in the cedar tree lines; the establishment of a wildflower meadow; and the beginning of a battle against invasive plants\, including callery pears; multiflora rose\, and honeysuckle. \n\n\n\nThese efforts have been possible thanks to help from PEC; the Clifton Institute; and PRISM. The restoration of Bonny Brook became Mike’s passion and his work lives on in our continued enjoyment of the land. Mike died in February\, of ALS\, at home on his farm. \n\n\n\nPEC’s Julian W. Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund\n\n\n\nPEC’s Julian W. Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund has been successful in assisting with the protection of more than 12\,000 acres of privately-owned land in the Cedar Run watershed. It was established in 2003. The Fund is named in honor of Julian Scheer of Elmwood who\, with his wife Sue\, led many important conservation efforts in Fauquier County for four decades. Their work is today carried forward by Rick and Hilary Gerhardt\, Julian and Sue’s son-in-law and daughter. \n\n\n\nThe Fauquier Fund provides valuable outreach\, education\, and financial resources for landowners to explore land conservation options as well as ways to improve sound environmental stewardship of land and waterways. Such efforts may take the form of estate planning and the donation of conservation easements; land management supported by the Fund may include the planting of native trees and the protection of streams and ponds. \n\n\n\nIn recognizing that working farms form an important and traditional part of the way of life in Fauquier county\, the Fund collaborates with farmers and Fauquier County staff under the recently enhanced Purchase of Development Rights program to ensure that farms may be protected from future development through conservation easements. The Fund’s work in this area is especially geared towards assisting with initial expenses in the form of valuation and attorney’s fees. \n\n\n\nBonny Brook Farm’s almost 200 acres were placed in a Virginia Outdoors Foundation conservation easement in 2010. Together with neighboring Elmwood\, some 650 acres are protected. Several other nearby large working farms have been placed in Fauquier County conservation easements totaling more than 2\,500 acres\, and are now permanently protected for productive farming. Hay is cut on both Bonny Brook and Elmwood by neighboring farmers in support of their milking operations. \n\n\n\nUnder PEC auspices\, and with PEC staff assistance\, the Fauquier Fund hosts a number of community activities throughout the year\, including not only the Bluebell Walk but also conservation workshops and fundraising events. \n\n\n\nDonations make the Fund’s conservation work possible. If you are interested in preserving the landscape that we enjoy today\, please consider a contribution to the Fund when you register for this event. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Montana Lanier Ruffner at mlanier@pecva.org or 703-459-3358.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/22nd-annual-bluebell-walk-in-tribute-to-mike-stevens/
LOCATION:Bonny Brook Farm\, 8446 Old Dumfries Road\, Catlett\, Virginia\, 20119\, United States
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SUMMARY:Northern Albemarle Conservation Speed Dating Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join this laid-back workshop where landowners and producers can comfortably talk one-on-one with each other.  The workshop introduces landowners and producers and local technical service providers (TSPs) to one another. While exploring a large-scale map of their property\, landowners will learn what the full suite of technical and financial resources\, knowledge\, and programs their local technical service providers can do.  Landowners and producers will leave the workshop with the large-scale map of their property and local connections to help guide their next steps in conserving their land. \n\n\n\nMontfair Resort Farm Lodge looks over the pond and miles of trails that participants can enjoy before or after the event\, as the property is open to the public. Light refreshments will be made available.  \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to Lauria McShane at lmcshane@pecva.org with your name and property address as soon as possible as space is limited.  
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/northern-albemarle-conservation-speed-dating-workshop/
LOCATION:Montfair Resort Farm\, 2500 Bezaleel Drive\, Crozet\, Virginia\, 23932
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