In 2004, portions of the Redbud Run watershed in eastern Frederick County, Virginia were set aside for conservation. But while acquiring land is essential, it is only the beginning of long-term protection.
The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) is organizing a Statewide BioBlitz, Virginia BioBlitz 2020, to promote exploration, discovery, citizen science, and conservation. […]
On a gorgeous September morning, a group of about 20 people joined TOW on a walk in the Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve in the city of Winchester. Standing by the sign for the city’s first nature preserve on its 20th anniversary, leader Woody Bousquet described the green heron that became the icon for the preserve and showed brochures about the area.
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On June 17, TOW hosted three events on Opequon Creek: a float trip, a picnic, and a water quality monitoring demonstration. All were based at Fiddler’s Bottom, the home of Deb and Steve Bauserman, located east of Ridgeway, West Virginia.
Find some of the site’s special wildflowers and birds. Hear the story of Winchester’s first formally protected nature preserve.
Join The Opequon Watershed group and our hosts Deb and Steve Bauserman at Fiddler’s Bottom on Saturday, June 17, for an enjoyable and informative day on Opequon Creek. (This event was reschedule from May.) –> GET DETAILS AND REGISTER
Saturday, April 8th at 2 PM. We will meet at the Quaker Camp on Route 672 east of Brucetown, Virginia, [...]
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Since the second week of December 2021, a petroleum-based contaminant has been entering an unnamed tributary of Eagle Run. The […]
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During the first week of September, 2020, the week before Labor Day, construction slurry from a Dominion Energy fiber-optic drilling [...]
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