
Local tourism programs to receive public-private marketing funds
More than $965,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 44 local tourism initiatives as part of the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Program (MLP).

More than $965,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 44 local tourism initiatives as part of the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Program (MLP).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reinitiate consultation on its Endangered Species Act permit for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline.

If you’re passionate about hunting, you’re not alone. In 2017, around 15 million people hunted in the United States.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will hold a public meeting on Chronic Wasting Disease on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 7-8 p.m., at the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors meeting room located at 302 N. Main St., Culpeper.

Schedule of events at the Waynesboro Public Library in September.

Kids are heading back to school ready to learn, but parents should ask themselves, are they learning the most basic things – like where their food originates.

Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilderness heritage during its 19th annual Wilderness Weekend on Sept. 7. Special events and programs will take place throughout the day.

A partnership between The Nature Conservancy, the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will permanently protect 22,856 acres of forest land in Russell County in Southwest Virginia.

Eastern Virginia landowners can learn more about actively managing their forestlands during the annual Beginning Woodland Owners’ Retreat Sept. 20-21 at the New Kent Forestry Center near Providence Forge.

The Department of the Interior has been working to implement preventative measures to limit the size and scope of wildfires, treat current wildfires already underway, and protect wildfire-prone areas to best safeguard people and their communities.
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