Happenings Around the Blue Ridge

Conservation Coalition to Host Comprehensive Plan Town Hall Meeting

Rockwool factory’s efforts to protect water quality ‘unsatisfactory’

“Loudoun’s local and federal lawmakers are asking government agencies to take a closer look at plans for a 460,000-square-foot insulation manufacturing plant on 130 acres in Jefferson County, WV, less than nine miles from the Loudoun border.” West Virginia Factory Plan Sparks Loudoun Concerns

In conjunction with the Town of Round Hill, FBRM is planning a tree planting project at Sleeter Lake Park. Save the date to see the plan and the kickoff at our annual meeting November 15 at Bluemont Winery.  

Concern About Rockwool Grows Beyond Jefferson County

Honeybee Losses Reach 60 Percent “To help bolster the honeybee population, VDACS is encouraging … border plantings of bee-friendly plants around crop fields provides needed forage, particularly in hot, dry summer months and into the fall.” https://rappnews.com/2018/07/01/honeybee-losses-reach-60-percent/

JK Moving, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Partner to Protect an Ecologically Unique and Significant Property in Loudoun Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (LWC)and JK Moving Services, a global moving, storage, relocation, and logistics enterprise, announced that they are partnering to protect an 87 acre parcel of land in […]

Envision Loudoun Upcoming Open House Meetings The following open houses will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Monday, May 14, 2018, Harmony Middle School, 38174 W Colonial Highway, Hamilton Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Harper Park Middle School, 701 Potomac Station Drive, Leesburg Monday, May 21, 2018, Eagle […]