Preventing the next COVID: Virginia Tech studying vampire bats for epidemic clues
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Climate change and rising temperatures increase the risk of spreading infectious disease.
Search Results for wildlife
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Health alert: Raccoon tests positive for the rabies virus in Hanover County
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The Chickahominy Health District is notifying residents in the areas located near Honey Meadows and Deer Run Subdivisions between Tazwell Green Drive and Deer Stream Drive, off Atlee Station Road, in Hanover County that a raccoon has tested positive for the rabies virus. The raccoon is deceased.
What is the Count Us In campaign all about?
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Count Us In is a global movement of people and organizations committed to getting individuals to take active, reasonable steps to lower their own carbon footprints so that the actions of many aggregate into significant change on a large scale.
Shelley Rogers: Out of fashion
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From Sept. 9 to Oct. 3., the bi-annual major Fashion Shows will appear in due succession in New York, London, Milan and Paris. On high display, top designer brands will dazzle the world with the newest styles for next year’s Spring and Summer wardrobes.
Community now has greater access to Richmond museums through collaborative program
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Museums in the Richmond area have joined forces to make their museums more accessible to the community through a signature access program called Museums for All.
Dominion Energy environmental grant applications now open to nonprofit, educational organizations
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Dominion Energy is offering nonprofit and educational organizations the opportunity to apply for a total of $1 million in environmental grants to be distributed this year through the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
Record funding allows farmers to implement conservation projects for free
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Virginia farmers can now install conservation projects like fencing, buffers and wetland restoration at no cost, thanks to funding from the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
Horticulturalist Mark Viette offers advice for planting mixed barrier screens
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With houses being built more closely together, it’s often hard to find privacy. But homeowners can plant shrubs that will quickly grow into a barrier screen to block out neighbors or a busy road,.
Northern Virginia parks host educational field trips for youth
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The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation last year to transport summer camp participants in northern Virginia to nearby Virginia State Parks.
Beginning Woodland Owners’ Retreat registration deadline Aug. 29
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Eastern Virginia landowners new to forest land ownership or forest management are invited to the annual Beginning Woodland Owners’ Retreat, which will be held on Sept. 9-10.
