Chincoteague Island: We’re open!
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Chincoteague Island is now in Phase Two of the Forward Virginia Plan to reopen the Commonwealth.
Search Results for wildlife
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Northam unveils updates to ConserveVirginia: Priority for water quality, historic justice, equity
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Gov. Ralph Northam today announced updates to ConserveVirginia, the Commonwealth’s data-driven land conservation strategy and multilayer mapping tool for identifying high value lands and conservation sites.
Senate to take up Warner bill to addressing maintenance backlog at national parks
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The U.S. Senate voted 80-17 Monday to take up the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill championed by Sen. Mark Warner that would address the $12 billion maintenance backlog at National Park Sites across the country.
Tiny pollinators have massive impact: National Pollinator Week is June 22-28
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They can’t drive a tractor or milk the cows, but native pollinators put in a hard day’s work on Virginia farms.
Earth Talk: The battle to stop deforestation
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How are we doing in the battle to stop or slow deforestation, especially in the tropics where forests store so much of the world’s biodiversity?
June squirrel season opens on private lands, selected WMAs June 6-20
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Spring is a great time to be in the woods, and beginning Saturday June 6, outdoor enthusiasts have an exciting opportunity to hunt gray and red squirrels statewide.
How to keep squirrels away from your Virginia home
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As cute as they may be, squirrels can cause serious trouble if they decide to nest in your attic.
Virginia bat control: How to keep these animals away from your home
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Despite several communities associating bats with various horror movies, these flying creatures tend to be quite benign and, perhaps, even shy.
DGIF: If you find a fawn, leave it alone
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It’s that time of year again when white-tailed deer fawns are showing up in yards and hayfields, and concerned citizens want to know how to help.
Virginia comes through for displaced Hampton Roads waterbird colony
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The Commonwealth of Virginia has come through for the waterbird colony that previously nested on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel’s South Island, a habitat impacted by ongoing construction.
