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Activities and Events Survey

Activities and Events Survey

Feb 12, 2025

Please consider responding to our 2025 Activities and Events Survey as we plan for this year and beyond. We will...

Multiple Concerns Raised About Potential Water Bottling Plant in Jefferson County, WV

Multiple Concerns Raised About Potential Water Bottling Plant in Jefferson County, WV

Dec 11, 2024

Map produced by The Jefferson County Foundation A proposed water bottling plant in Jefferson County WV is drawing heavy opposition...

Enjoying Abrams Creek, a Tributary of Opequon Creek

Enjoying Abrams Creek, a Tributary of Opequon Creek

Oct 5, 2023

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.

Good Company, Good Weather … and a Good Time for All!

Good Company, Good Weather … and a Good Time for All!

Aug 9, 2023

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.

Nature Walk at the Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve, Winchester, Virginia. Saturday, September 16, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Nature Walk at the Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve, Winchester, Virginia. Saturday, September 16, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Aug 8, 2023

Find some of the site’s special wildflowers and birds. Hear the story of Winchester’s first formally protected nature preserve.

Opequon Creek Float Trip, Picnic, & Save Our Streams (SOS) Demonstration and Instructor Training

Opequon Creek Float Trip, Picnic, & Save Our Streams (SOS) Demonstration and Instructor Training

Mar 18, 2023

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

Bluebell Walk

Bluebell Walk

Mar 18, 2023

Saturday, April 8th at 2 PM. We will meet at the Quaker Camp on Route 672 east of Brucetown, Virginia,...

Conservation Collaboration with Department of Wildlife Resources Continues at Redbud Run in Frederick County, Virginia

Conservation Collaboration with Department of Wildlife Resources Continues at Redbud Run in Frederick County, Virginia

Oct 5, 2021

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.

Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run

Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run

Dec 1, 2020

During the first week of September, 2020, the week before Labor Day, construction slurry from a Dominion Energy fiber-optic drilling...

Virginia BioBlitz 2020

Virginia BioBlitz 2020

Sep 23, 2020

The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) is organizing a Statewide BioBlitz, Virginia BioBlitz 2020, to promote exploration, discovery, citizen science, and conservation....

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