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2023 Buffer Summit
October 18th, 2023 at Pocahontas State Park
Lodge Creek
A creek running through a residential Charlottesville property was eroding its banks. Native grasses and wildflowers stabilized the area and invited wildlife.
Consortium Meeting at the Catawba Sustainability Center
September 12, 2023; RSVP by Sept. 6 to save your spot!
Meet Bill Sweeney
Western Regional Watershed Specialist with the Virginia Dept. of Forestry.
Meet Amber Ellis
Restoration Director with the James River Association.
Hundred Year Farm
This cattle farm in Cumberland County needed to establish protected buffer areas and a rotational grazing system for the herd.
Tips for Buffer Success: June – August
Late summer or early fall is a good time to check plantings for overall health and success.
Walkers Run Farm
This Rockbridge County farm needed invasives control and a little TLC to repair damage from grazing cattle.
Summer Speaker Series Returns!
The Virginia Conservation Network is hosting a Summer Speaker Series in July.
Robert Schumacher
The existing wooded riparian buffer areas on his 17 acres in Amherst County needed to be revived and extended.
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