The Piedmont’s beautiful vistas also present some of America’s most historic terrain-where visionaries, pioneers, farmers, generals, soldiers, slaves and Presidents lived and left their mark.

Jordan River Bridge Under Threat
This text was taken from an email alert sent out on January 8, 2021. Sign up for email alerts >> Jordan River Bridge in December. Photo by Claire Catlett. Map by Watsun Randolph. Dear Supporter, I am writing today to ...
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VDOT Contractor Installs Rehabilitated Waterloo Bridge
Text pulled from PEC's Nov 6, 2020 Facebook post: Exciting news! Yesterday, we were able to witness the placement of the rehabilitated Waterloo Bridge back onto its stone abutments. It was amazing to see the 550-ton crane set the 101-foot, ...
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Creating a Digital Record – The Formation of Shenandoah National Park
Left image: J. Bernard and Ruby Bolen and family in front of their Rappahannock County home in the 1890s. Photo credit Rappahannock Historical Society. Right image: A sample document from the JMU database. In the 1930s, nearly 200,000 acres of ...
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Support Conservation Funding and Programs
The following text was taken from an email alert sent out on October 5, 2020 by The Piedmont Environmental Council's director of state policy, Dan Holmes. To sign up for PEC email alerts, visit pecva.org/signup. Thank the General Assembly for ...
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Scenic Rivers in the Piedmont – A StoryMap
In 2020, the state of Virginia commemorates 50 years of dedication and commitment to the conservation of Virginia's water resources through the Virginia Scenic Rivers Program. In honor of that anniversary, PEC Fellowship program participants, Meredith Hickman and David Malcolm, ...
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