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A new poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research shows that Virginia voters overwhelmingly oppose the abuse of animals in “fox penning” operations by a more than 8-to-1 margin—and a majority support legislation to prohibit the practice. Fox pens are fenced enclosures where dogs are released in competitions to chase down and torment captive foxes,…
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James Lawson of Elkton, who is a noted historian, presenter for the JMU Lifelong Learning Institute, and a master naturalist, paid a visit to the East Rockingham Senior Center on Jan. 25 to share his knowledge about the development of the Shenandoah National Park. For the 29 members and 10 guests/volunteers in our audience, we…
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Leilani Münter, professional race car driver and environmental activist, will speak on “Never Underestimate a Vegetarian Hippy Chick with a Race Car,” at Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall. How does someone whose livelihood involves getting only 1.3 miles per gallon of gasoline call themselves an environmentalist? Recognizing that…
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Grief Share Group: Melissa Morris, social worker with Gentle Shepherd Hospice, facilitates a Grief Share Group every first Thursday of the month at 10:45 a.m. This program provides seniors with an opportunity to discuss feelings related to various losses they may have experienced in the past several years such as loss of independence, divorce, death,…
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Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is working on plans for a riverside observation deck downtown – and is asking for your help to bring the project to reality. The effort to build what will be called the Waynesboro Fish-Deck has already won approval of grants from CSX and Virginia Main Street to the tune of $7,500….
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded the City of Waynesboro $100,000 in grant money from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund for a project entitled “Retrofitting Our Way to a Healthy South River.” The City will work with several partners during the course of the multifaceted project including the Center for Watershed Protection, Central…
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Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) today introduced legislation to make gun regulations consistent across all federal recreational lands by bringing Army Corps of Engineers rules in line with other federal agencies. Last Congress, legislation was signed into law allowing individuals to possess firearms in the National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge…
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More than 270 high school students from 45 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces assembled July 24-29 in Sackville, Canada, to participate in North America’s largest high school environmental education competition, the 2011 Canon Envirothon. Having placed first during May’s Virginia State Envirothon competition in Mechanicsville, Fort Defiance High School moved on to the national competition,…
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Three bats found in separate i ncidents in May, June and July of this year in three separate locations in Lexington have been confirmed to be rabid. While rabies is known to be endemic in wildlife across Virginia, bats have certain unique implications. Most of the recent human rabies cases in the U. S. have…
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The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a new bachelor of science in meteorology during its quarterly meeting on June 6. The new degree program, which will reside in the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s geography department, will prepare students for careers in meteorology and weather forecasting with a significant focus on geospatial information…
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