Wildland firefighters dispatched to Southwest Virginia
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Virginia Department of Forestry wildland firefighters from eastern and central Virginia are being detailed to far Southwest Virginia this week.
Search Results for Shenandoah National Park
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Jefferson Trust announces grants to support 18 projects
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The Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the UVA Alumni Association, awarded 18 grants totaling more than $775,000 to University entities.
Need for better nighttime lighting gets students talking
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What can be done to make nighttime lighting at JMU more cost effective and less obtrusive to the environment?
McAuliffe anounces matching $812,000 in tourism grants
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More than $812,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 39 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Program.
Fall Symposium at Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library has announced the schedule of events for the 2015 Fall Symposium slated to begin Thursday, November 5th and concluding Friday, November 6th.
UVA Darden alum named CNN hero for efforts to help fellow veterans
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Sean Gobin, a 2014 graduate of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, knows the unique stress of war. Gobin – now nominated as a 2015 CNN “Hero” for his work with veterans – enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1994.
River City Radio Hour begins eighth season
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The River City Radio Hour will begin its eighth season on September 18 at 7:30 pm at the Main Street Methodist Church at 601 West Main in downtown Waynesboro.
David Swanson: Hey, I have an idea where they can stick the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia campaigned on green energy (and I hear some people may have believed him, though I haven’t met one) and then immediately backed the proposed construction of a giant fracked-gas pipeline through the mountains and farms of Virginia to carry fossil fuels from West Virginia to North Carolina.
Climate change and the Allegheny Highlands: What’s at stake, what’s at risk, and what are our choices?
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Climate change impacts are already affecting temperatures, precipitation, weather, growing seasons, streams, forests, plants, animals and humans – and future impacts will be severe, unless global warming is reined in.
Governor announces land conservation grants
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the recipients of 14 grants totaling $1.7 million awarded by the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, a state land conservation board. The grants will help add 5,729 acres to Virginia’s conserved lands.
