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Fresh air and outdoor activity are important in the current environment. Albemarle County officials are trying to balance this with the responsibility to reduce transmission of COVID-19.

Fresh air and outdoor activity are important in the current environment. Albemarle County officials are trying to balance this with the responsibility to reduce transmission of COVID-19.

Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans.

BRCC calendar events for March. Free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.

The Trump administration announced it will resume coal leasing on public lands. A federal judge in Idaho ruled that a Trump administration policy limiting public input on oil and gas leasing decisions was “arbitrary and capricious.”

The U.S. Supreme Court of the United States today heard arguments about a revoked U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger is calling for smart implementation of federal conservation programs and for federal agencies to heed the input of crop and livestock producers on the ground as implementation continues.

Wetlands in the Intermountain West, a region nestled between the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, and the Sierra Nevada, are home to a diverse range of flora and fauna.

A $733 million budget proposal from Gov. Ralph Northam would create an Office of Offshore Wind, support ongoing efforts to clean the Chesapeake Bay and significantly boost the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation grant program.

More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave threat: the ongoing presence and spread of invasive animal species.

Jane Corson-Lassiter has made a career of forging coalitions for natural resource management.
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