In the last couple of weeks, The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) has been the subject of a number of articles published online. The articles relate to PEC’s monitoring and enforcement of a conservation easement on …

Piedmont Environmental Council has concern about some of the changes being proposed in Fauquier County's rewrite of the Plan for Commercial Wireless Facilities. This section of the County Comprehensive plan sets the policies and goals …

The opening of the Silver Line on Saturday is a major event that is an important step towards a better future for the Washington metropolitan region and the Commonwealth of Virginia …

At several of PEC's public meetings we have been asked to post links to websites that might help landowners and other interested people learn more about interstate gas pipelines. Here are some of the links …

A resolution titled "Rappahannock County Opposition To The Construction of An Underground Natural Gas Transmission LIne within Its Jurisdiction," was passed by the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors on July 7, 2014. The resolution urges Duke …

Read "On the Ground" updates for Albemarle, Clarke, Rappahannock, Fauquier, Madison, Greene, Orange and Loudoun Counties …

At PEC, we have the privilege of working with countless individuals who are dedicated to protectingthis wonder­ful region. Carl Zitzmann is one such person. Some of you might not immediately recognize his name, but there’s …

It’s been busy at the Overlook these past few months! PEC is in the final year of a cost-share agreement with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to improve the property’s habitat and increase its biodiversity …

This May we received word that landowners had begun receiving notices from Spectra Energy, referencing a proposal for a new natural gas pipeline through Virginia …

Give Local Piedmont was a community-wide online giving challenge that sought to inspire folks to make donations of $10 or more to local nonprofits for 24 hours on May 6. Part of a national campaign, …