Current Events and Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
The Administration has proposed a number of cuts to the appropriations for conservation, local foods and other agricultural programs in the 2009 federal budget that were negotiated over a three-year period and...
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(Rappahannock, All Counties) Save the Date for PEC's annual meeting. The meeting this year will be held in Rappahannock County and include workshops, lunch, and keynote speaker Lester Brown.
(Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock) Attend this public meeting to learn about upcoming initiatives to reduce fecal coliform and e. coli bacteria in certain segments of the Hazel, Hughes and Rush Rivers in Culpeper, Rappahannock, and Madison Counties.
(Winchester) Learn about local food and gardening at this farm and food expo at the Virginia Brewing Company Warehouse in Winchester. Meet local vendors, participate in cooking demos, enjoy live music, and sample great food.
August 12, 2008. PEC Press Release.
The PEC is working with other environmental organizations to ensure a more unified effort to protect the natural beauty of Rappahannock County.
RappFLOW a local, grassroots watershed group, has been very busy with its pilot study on the Upper Thornton River.
1,115 acres were conserved in 2007, bringing the grand total to over 26,000 acres of privately conserved land.
Norfolk Southern has plans to nearly double train traffic on the Piedmont rail line—from fourteen trains a day to approximately twenty-six. Find out more.
