Shenandoah National Park bans fires as drought conditions persist
Shenandoah National Park has instituted a park-wide fire ban, as many other public lands have, as high winds and dry conditions continue to increase the likelihood of wildfires. Patressa Kearns is a...
View ArticleFunding available to help fight pest plants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has made $644,000 available for landowners to combat the spread of non-native invasive vegetation in a 10-county area...
View ArticleDuPont deal would help rivers, fish hatchery
A state-run fish hatchery in Warren County would benefit from a large settlement reached between DuPont and government agencies over claims that the company dumped mercury. The U.S. Departments of...
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Deal could expand decades-old fish hatchery
STRASBURG – The decades-old Front Royal Fish Hatchery in Warren County could undergo major renovations due to a deal reached over mercury contamination. State and federal agencies reached a tentative...
View ArticlePark Trust awards grant for post-fire tree regeneration research
Ellen Frondorf, a graduate student at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, has been awarded the 2017 Shenandoah National Park Research Grant for a project that will examine the regeneration...
View ArticleNew park superintendent excited to get to work
Jennifer Flynn, a National Park Service lifer, has been named superintendent of Shenandoah National Park and Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historic Park. She replaces former Superintendent Jim...
View ArticleConservation district to hold strategic plan meetings
The Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a series of meetings at localities throughout its jurisdiction to explain its new strategic plan and to hear public input from residents...
View ArticleFunds available for water quality improvement
The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications from farmers and forestland owners in Shenandoah and Rockingham counties who are interested in...
View ArticleWoodstock receives grant for rain garden, parking lot overhaul
Woodstock has been approved for a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program. The grant monies will be used toward construction of a 2,922 square-foot bio-retention facility, also...
View ArticleInstitute offers property ecology lessons
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal’s Virginia Working Landscapes program educates area residents about the ecosystems on their property. Program Director Tom Akre said...
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