
Richmonders protests against Dakota Access Pipeline
Opponents of Virginia pipeline projects joined a rally in Richmond as part of a national day of action to call on President Obama to permanently reject the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Opponents of Virginia pipeline projects joined a rally in Richmond as part of a national day of action to call on President Obama to permanently reject the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The Dickey Ridge area in the North District of Shenandoah National Park at mile 4.6 Skyline Drive has been reopened to visitors with dogs.

Dr. Jennifer McQuiston, a specialist in outbreak investigations who spent time in West Africa during the Ebola epidemic, will speak at Bridgewater College.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that will shield offshore oil and gas lease sales from public scrutiny.

Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s Wilderness heritage during its 16th annual Wilderness Weekend, September 10-11.

On Thursday, September 1, WVPT, the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia’s public television station, will air the premiere of Back Home Again: A Tribute to John Denver.

Dominion, government agencies and a company that specializes in removing waste coal are finishing up a major clean-up project in Southwest Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Forestry will receive increased funding to support two vital forestry programs – the Reforestation of Timberlands program and the fire suppression program.

An economic analysis found that for every $1 invested by the state in land conservation, $4 in natural goods and services is returned to Virginia’s economy.

Ten Virginia Tech undergraduate students held onto their hats this summer as they plunged down Amazonian river systems into the heart of Ecuador.
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