
Shenandoah National Park celebrates Wilderness Weekend
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.

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.

What’s the background of the controversy over whether to allow development of a big copper and gold mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay?

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease for the first time in Culpeper County in February.

With a selection of world-class venues and an array of amateur facilities, New Jersey is the ideal place for sports lovers.

Virginia Tech has announced the formation of a search committee to select the next executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute.

Imagine a new breed of pirate not only able to sail the high seas, but to exploit nearly any mode of transportation without detection.

Gov. Ralph Northam has issued a proclamation designating August 2019 as Smokey Bear Awareness Month, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign and reminding Virginians of their role in protecting the Commonwealth’s forestland.
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