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Trees in Pine Grove

Safety Thoughts

Walking trail at Loudoun County Bles Park Ashburn Have you found yourself spending more time walking and biking on our beautiful mountain trails, our historic unpaved roads, and our charming natural parks this spring and summer?  Good for you — so have many of your...

September 12, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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Piney Grove Nature Preserve

You Can Help Restore Virginia’s “Founding Forest”

FBRM Invitation to our Readers The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now. Taking these words to heart, Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains — working with The Nature Conservancy VA – is planting 600 longleaf pines to help...

August 11, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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2020 Award

2020 Award

Matthew Soiland of Purcellville, who will attend Virginia Tech College of Engineering and was awarded $1,500 for his exceptional essay, noted that, “Being the honored recipient of the 2020 Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountains Educational Scholarship will be instrumental in helping me...

July 22, 2020 Awards, Education and Stewardship, Featured, Friends News & Updates
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What kind of trail network do you want in Western Loudoun?

What kind of trail network do you want in Western Loudoun?

This fall you are going to be able to tell Loudoun County exactly what features you would like. For years Loudoun County residents have been talking about a network of trails and linear parks throughout the entire county. As early as September 1994 the County...

July 10, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Action on the Rockwool Industrial Plant

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Action on the Rockwool Industrial Plant

For several years, Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been warning our members about the impact of the Rockwool facility in Ranson, West Virginia. We have now joined with Jefferson County Vision and several other community and conservation groups in sending a letter to...

June 24, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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Which is the 2020 Virginia Tree of the Year?

Which is the 2020 Virginia Tree of the Year?

Sassafras Tree The State Arboretum of Virginia names sassafras the 2020 Tree of the Year. Sassafras is a fast-growing tree that is native to the eastern U.S. and available from local nurseries.  Their leaves display striking autumn colors, ranging from yellow to orange to red. ...

May 28, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain, Uncategorized
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Trees Can Help Heal Our Planet

Trees Can Help Heal Our Planet

Except for the highest peaks, mountains appear naked without their blanket of trees.  And trees play an especially crucial environmental role. In my teens trees were a great solace to me before I learned to find it within myself.  I was living at my family’s...

May 14, 2020 Friends News & Updates
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Check out this personal story from our Board member, Carole Napolitano

Check out this personal story from our Board member, Carole Napolitano

Love (of our property) in the Time of Corona(virus) by Carole Napolitano In recent conversations friends and I have remarked on the good fortune we have, during this time of coronavirus isolation, to live in homes that allow us to shelter-in-place safely and to cultivate...

May 6, 2020 Blue Ridge Stories, Friends News & Updates
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