According to Outside magazine fewer people are hiking the Appalachian Trail this year. The magazine quotes the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) as saying that the number of registered hikers in 2025 is almost 30% below 2024. “By mid-January in 2024, about 1,700 aspiring AT thru-hikers […]
The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy will host its annual Spring native plant sale on Saturday April 5 at Morven Park from 9:00am to 2:00PM. See calendar listing here. Native plants add beauty and interest to your garden year-round and provide important habitat for wildlife. The Wildlife […]
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is urging action to oppose drastic cuts in the staffing budgets for the National Parks Service (NPS) and the Forest Service. According to ATC, the staff cuts will heavily impact our National Parks and National Forests, that have already been […]
Memorandum for Agriculture / Conservation Representatives From: Peter Weeks, President Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains Date: 11/5/2024 Subject: Concerns Regarding Commercial Development in the Mountain Overlay District You have been selected to represent Agriculture / Conservation interests at the first public input meeting of […]
By Lawrence Malone Note to the reader: As the author, I apologize for a ridiculously complicated article. However, I hope you will bear with me because the article accurately describes the process that the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has set for citizen input to […]
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains has joined The Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition.
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains held our annual meeting on October 12. George Ohrstrom, the winner of our 2023 Friend of the Mountain award, generously hosted the event at his farm – Camden near Boyce Virginia.
On October 16, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to remove a proposed Purchase Development Rights (PDR) pilot project from the work program for the Department of Planning and Zoning. The motion to remove the pilot was introduced by Supervisor Letourneau (Dulles) and […]