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The Alliance’s Virginia event will take place on March 6, 2025 at Studio Two Three Manchester in Richmond!

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• March 13
• Orange
• $20

Learn intricate and innovative ways to make your woodland work for you and the environment. We will present  a multitude of agroforestry topics and demonstrate inoculating logs to grow shiitake mushrooms.

Contact Luke Belloe bellol@vt.edu for more information.

• April 7 - June 9
• Online
• Self-paced
• $55/family

This 10-week, self-paced, not-for-credit course is for landowners of any acreage who want to gain an introductory level of understanding of basic woodland management and become better stewards of their land. 

Please register no later than March 14.

• Syllabus
• Register online
• Register by mail

Run my Mike Hayslett of Virginia Vernal Pools, this popular professional-level field training course will explore ecology and conservation of vernal pools and related wetlands in the Western Highlands region of VA. To register and for more details, email VAvernalpools@gmail.com

Run my Mike Hayslett of Virginia Vernal Pools, this popular professional-level field training course will explore ecology and conservation of vernal pools and related wetlands in the Western Highlands region of VA. To register and for more details, email VAvernalpools@gmail.com

Mountain Castles and Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation Districts would like to invite you to an upcoming lunch event for the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP). The VCAP event will be co-hosted by Mountain Castles and Blue Ridge SWCDs on March 18, 2025 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Green Ridge Recreation Center in Roanoke. A brief program highlighting VCAP opportunities for landowners and contractors will be followed by a Q & A session. Lunch will be provided with time and space to network. 

Please consider attending and inviting the members of your organization and/or residents. To ensure adequate provisions for attendees, please RSVP to Emily at emily.williams@mountaincastles.org or Sam at schappell@brswcd.org. For more information about VCAP please visit https://vaswcd.org/vcap/. We welcome your questions about VCAP prior to the event and look forward to seeing you there!

Run my Mike Hayslett of Virginia Vernal Pools, this popular professional-level field training course will explore ecology and conservation of vernal pools and related wetlands in the Western Highlands region of VA. To register and for more details, email VAvernalpools@gmail.com

Run my Mike Hayslett of Virginia Vernal Pools, this popular professional-level field training course will explore ecology and conservation of vernal pools and related wetlands in the Western Highlands region of VA. To register and for more details, email VAvernalpools@gmail.com

Run my Mike Hayslett of Virginia Vernal Pools, this popular professional-level field training course will explore ecology and conservation of vernal pools and related wetlands in the Western Highlands region of VA. To register and for more details, email VAvernalpools@gmail.com

An evening presentation to the members of the Central Virginia Master Naturalists in Lynchburg. Find details at https://www.cvmn.org/

• March 28
• 12:15 p.m.
• Facebook Live or YouTube Premier

Join Virginia Cooperative Extension's Adam Downing to learn ways to keep your small woodlot healthy and productive. 

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