Friend of the Mountain Award

The Leggetts were honored for their decades of conservation in the Blue Ridge.

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Celebration Set for Oct. 12 Gem Bingol, a Piedmont Environmental Council field representative in Loudoun County for more than 25 years, will receive the Friend of the Mountain honor from the Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the group’s […]

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains presented their annual Friend of the Mountain Award to the “SWAT Team” of the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition (LCPCC) at their annual meeting on November 24, 2019 at Bluemont Vineyard, Bluemont, Virginia. The award reflected efforts beginning […]

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains presented the 2017 “Friend of the Mountain Award” to  longtime environmental advocate W. Joseph Coleman, Jr. at their Annual Meeting, November 30, 2017 at Doukenie Winery near Hillsboro, Virginia.   At the ceremony Joe was presented with a plaque which reads: […]

The 2015 Friend of the Mountain Award was presented to the Potomac Appalachain Trail Club “in recognition of their longstanding work through volunteer efforts, education, and advocacy to protect the Appalachian Trail and adjacent lands along the Mid-Atlantic section of the Blue Ridge Mountains, ever mindful of the need […]

The 2014 Friend of the Mountain Award was presented to Al Van Huyck, founding member of Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and former President of the Friends  Board of Directors, for his commitment and leadership in conservation work across the region.  Al is currently […]