Incentives offered for delaying haying, protecting grassland birds during nesting season
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The Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative is accepting applications through Nov. 15 for its 2023 financial incentives program.
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Virginians: Watch your windows to catch glimpse of migrating golden eagle, snowy owl
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Each fall, millions of birds pass through the Commonwealth during their fall migrations south, offering Virginians opportunities to see hawks, songbirds and more.
Our votes in Waynesboro: Lee, Hostetter for City Council, Maneval for School Board
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Early voting is already well under way in Waynesboro, so if you’re one of the 981 people that has already cast your lot in the 2022 city elections as of this writing, here’s to hoping you got it right.
Tom Horton: An egregious gamble with Chesapeake Bay sturgeon
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There are a lot of reasons why 40 years of Bay-saving hasn’t saved the Chesapeake Bay, but a dismaying example was on display recently in my hometown of Federalsburg, Md.
Chesapeake Bay region loses ground in effort to increase tree canopy
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Looking at the skinny elm sapling reaching for the sky in his backyard, James Bryant said that he hopes he lives long enough to be able to sit under its canopy and read a book in summer.
UVA Basketball: Fans get first look at 2022-2023 ‘Hoos, who apparently can shoot a little bit
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UVA Basketball held its annual Blue-White scrimmage Saturday afternoon in John Paul Jones Arena. For those fans that attended the last regular season contest of the 2021-2022 season, a loss in the quarterfinals of the NIT to St. Bonaventure, that game may have seemed like 50 years ago.
Shared solar programs approved by SCC for Dominion customers in Virginia
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Customers of Dominion Energy Virginia may now participate in shared solar initiatives, after the State Corporation Commission approved the program.
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council prepares to set goals for 2025
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The year 2025 was on the minds of members of the Chesapeake Executive Council who gathered Tuesday for their annual meeting.
Hospice of the Piedmont camp reinforces to kids, teens that ‘they are not alone’ in their grief
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Children and teens from Central Virginia are on the path to healing after a day camp in Free Union.
Virginia Department of Forestry launches online seedling store
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The Virginia Department of Forestry is offering the purchase of a wide variety of trees through an online seedling store.
