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Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance Summer Gathering

Join friends and partners of the Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance on June 20 at Sweet Run State Park! We will learn about Virginia’s newest state park from Park Manager Keven Bowman and share partner news from around the Ridge.

Annual Purple Martin Field Day

Join the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative at a bird-focused field day hosted by the Purple Martin Conservation Association. This field day will be held at the farm of Mrs. Merle Wood and her son, Mr. Lance Wood in Louisa County. Come learn about purple martins, a native songbird that relies almost exclusively on human-supplied housing, and how to attract and manage a colony of your own. The Wood farm hosts a large colony of more than 70 pairs of martins!

Member Open House in Warrenton

Join PEC at our Warrenton office on Thursday, July 11, from 3–6 p.m. for refreshing ice cream, cold drinks and camaraderie.

Piedmont Mobility Alliance July Meeting + Social

407 E Water St, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA

Join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance, a coalition dedicated to improving walking, biking, transit and everyday access to the outdoors in Charlottesville and Albemarle, for our July 31 to find out what's happening around town and how you can get involved. Just want to meet others without the info? Meet us afterwards at Botanical Fare on the Downtown Mall.

Nature Night: Nocturnal Insects at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

Join The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and The Clifton Institute for an evening discovering the diversity of moths and other nocturnal insects at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook! This first-ever nighttime program at the overlook […]

Joint Piedmont / Shenandoah Active Mobility Social

Sunset Park 300 N. Winchester Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia

The Piedmont Mobility Alliance and the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition are joining forces for a combined social gathering to celebrate Waynesboro’s brand new trail park and to enjoy a spectacular […]

New Landowner Conservation Services Workshop

Come out and meet with professionals from a myriad of conservation organizations active in providing landowner conservation programs and services in the Culpeper District! This program is targeted to newer […]

Farm-to-Table Dinner & Virtual Auction

PEC’s annual Farm-to-Table Dinner will take place at historic Spring Hill, where Michela Gorham & Family will host us for cocktails, a farm-to-table dinner, and dancing to Gordon Sterling & The People — all with sweeping views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook.

2024 Rivanna River Basin Commission Annual Conference

Carver Recreation Center 233 4th Street Northwest, Charlottesville, Virginia

Learn what's happening in the urban Rivanna corridor to bridge gaps in conservation and connectivity, celebrate local wins & get involved!

$10 – $15

September Mobility Alliance Meeting

Water Street Center 407 E Water St, Charlottesville, Virginia

The Piedmont Mobility Alliance is a coalition of organizations, agencies, businesses and groups who share a vision of a better-connected community for walking, biking and other forms of active transportation in Charlottesville […]

Birding Walk at Roundabout Meadows

Join PEC Wildlife Habitat Restoration Coordinator, October Greenfield, for a birding walk along the newly expanded Old Carolina Road Trail at PEC’s Roundabout Meadows.

Loop de Ville Trailfest

Rivanna River Company 1520 East High Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

Please join PEC, the Rivanna Trails Foundation, and a bunch of our partner organizations for the annual Loop de Ville Trailfest on Sunday, October 6! It is celebration of National […]

Five Mile Loop Advocacy Hike

Brooks Family YMCA 151 McIntire Park Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia

With leadership from PEC, the Piedmont Mobility Alliance has been advocating for the creation of a five-mile greenway loop centered around McIntire Park, where PEC is sponsoring a cheer zone for the annual Loop de VIlle Trailfest. Join us on a guided walk of the loop, led by PEC’s Charlottesville / Albemarle Community Outreach Manager, that will showcase the route and celebrate a new right-of-way acquisition that will help close the loop.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Violet Crown Cinema 200 West Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Join us and the Living Earth School at the 3rd Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival Oct. 16.

$25

Land & Water Conservation: Carbon, Easements, & Cost-Share Workshop

PVCC Eugene Giuseppe Center 222 South Main Street, Standardsville, United States

At this upcoming workshop in Greene County, landowners can learn from conservation professionals in our region about forest carbon, conservation easements, and other climate-smart conservation programs and opportunities available in our region. Rappahannock […]