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On the Ground Summer 2016

Posted on June 6, 2016January 31, 2023 by PEC

Find out some of the ‘On the Ground’ highlights from around PEC’s region.

Albemarle: Key Parkland Purchase, Historic Bridge at Risk
Clarke: River and Roots Festival
Culpeper: Working with Partners to Create a New Park
Fauquier: Help Shape the Future of Fauquier
Greene: Landowners Learn About Land Conservation and Land Management
Loudoun: Planning Underway for Loudoun’s Future
Madison: Helping Native Brook Trout Habitat
Orange: Gordonsville Renaissance
Rappahannock: Working with Shenandoah National Park

On the Ground Spring 2016

Posted on March 18, 2016August 20, 2020 by PEC

Updates from our field offices around the Piedmont…

On the Ground

Posted on June 20, 2015October 22, 2020 by PEC

Read “On the Ground” updates for Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock Counties.

Power Hungry

Posted on June 10, 2015June 10, 2021 by PEC

This past May, 125 people gathered at the Rapidan fire hall to discuss how to protect the community and its historic and scenic landscape from Dominion’s newly proposed Remington-Pratts-Gordonsville Transmission Project.

A Vote Against Sprawl

Posted on June 10, 2015July 1, 2021 by PEC

Developers pushed Loudoun Board of Supervisors for more houses in the Transition Area and the Loudoun community pushed back!.

Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders in Environmental Conservation

Posted on June 10, 2015August 20, 2020 by PEC

This summer marks our ninth Summer Fellowship Program, an annual seven-week educational program for college students and recent graduates.

Leasing from Likeminded Landowners

Posted on March 19, 2015July 2, 2021 by PEC

In his search for the right piece of farmland, Ben Stowe spent a considerable amount of time “walking the grid.”

Letter to the Editor in the Culpeper Star Exponent: PEC working with Boneta to resolve issues

Posted on February 24, 2015September 15, 2020 by PEC

Mr. Osborn has been writing about a conservation easement that PEC holds on a property in Fauquier County — a property that PEC worked hard to raise the money to purchase and protect back in 2000. It is part of one of the most scenic landscapes in Virginia, one that tens of thousands of people pass through each year. It’s also visible from a highly visited section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and is part of the open space that surrounds the village of Paris, one of the anchors of the Crooked Run Rural Historic District.

The New Addition

Posted on December 12, 2014August 17, 2020 by PEC

We are delighted to share some wonderful news with you. In September, the PEC board passed a resolution to improve our headquarters—and now construction is under way! Work kicked off on November 10, 2014 on the expansion of our 45 Horner Street office. This addition will allow all of our Warrenton staff to be under the same roof for the first time in more than five years.

In Memory of Kitty P. Smith

Posted on December 12, 2014August 20, 2020 by PEC

On April 23, we lost a great member of our community—Dr. Kitty P. Smith. She passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family and close friends. Kitty was a long-time Fauquier resident, and worked tirelessly over the past several decades to support land conservation and good land use planning in Fauquier County.