Gem Bingol and George Ohrstrom at the Friends’ annual meeting. Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains held our annual meeting on October 12. George Ohrstrom, the winner of our 2023 Friend of the Mountain award, generously hosted the event at his farm – Camden near […]
Loudoun Wetland; photo by Larry Meade On October 16, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to remove a proposed Purchase Development Rights (PDR) pilot project from the work program for the Department of Planning and Zoning. The motion to remove the pilot was […]
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 will host our annual meeting on Saturday, October 12, from 4–7 pm. Please make your calendar now to join us for what promises to be an entertaining and unique afternoon. For the first time, Friends will host our annual […]
Friends Annual meeting will be October 12th Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains will host our annual meeting on Saturday October 12th this year. Please make your calendar now to join us for what promises to be an entertaining and unique afternoon. This year our […]
Friends at the Appalachian Trail Festival Come join Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the annual Loudoun Appalachian Trail Festival on Saturday, June 8 in Hillsboro. Loudoun’s three officially designated Appalachian Trail Communities offer a daylong celebration of the 2,198-mile Trail, featuring four bands, dozens of vendors, […]
New Board Member for Friends Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is pleased to welcome our newest Board member — Jaeda Pelletier. Jaeda is a rising Junior at Loudoun Valley High School. Jaeda is serving as a temporary Board member over the next two years as part […]