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The Zoning Re-Write Process; Part 2
Note to our ReadersThis is Part #2 of a 2-part series dealing with the zoning rewrite in Loudoun County. Part #1 – distributed 10/22/2020 – dealt with the current zoning process. Part #2 deals with the process for rewriting the ordinance and a few of […]
Why the Zoning Rewrite Matters—Part #1
Note to our readers: This is part #1 of a two-part article. Part #1 deals with current Loudoun County zoning. Part #2 — that will be distributed 11/5/202 — will address the zoning rewrite process. Introduction This is a call to arms. The victories for […]
Changes in the Blue Ridge Forests: heat, weather, bugs, and people
Introduction Over the past months several Happenings articles have delt with the benefits of trees for both the environment and for our human health. Trees are the major source of the oxygen we breath; absorb the carbon dioxide that is a big component of the […]
Hate mowing your yard – Why do it?
Lawns are the single largest irrigated crop in the US. NASA led a study in 2005 that found there were approximately 63,000 square miles of turfgrass in the United States making it the nation’s largest irrigated crop by area. 63,000 square miles is about equal to the total land area […]
Safety Thoughts
Have you found yourself spending more time walking and biking on our beautiful mountain trails, our historic unpaved roads, and our charming natural parks this spring and summer? Good for you — so have many of your neighbors. That is the good news. The bad […]
You Can Help Restore Virginia’s “Founding Forest”
FBRM Invitation to our Readers The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now. Taking these words to heart, Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains — working with The Nature Conservancy VA – is planting 600 longleaf pines to help […]
2020 Jane Pratt and Jed Shilling Awards
Matthew Soiland of Purcellville, who will attend Virginia Tech College of Engineering and was awarded $1,500 for his exceptional essay, noted that, “Being the honored recipient of the 2020 Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountains Educational Scholarship will be instrumental in helping me […]