Virginia’s native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, can help to improve water quality because it feeds on algae. An adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water per day when water temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Oysters are one … Continued
Ready to get outside in the garden and do some planting? Are you a nature-lover who would like to make your yard more attractive to wildlife? Give wildlife a helping hand with Habitat At Home©. Your yard can be a … Continued
Landowners may secure significant tax incentives for placing conservation easements on their property while at the same time protecting portions of the land and life that we love here on the Northern Neck from development. The Northern Neck Land Conservancy assists … Continued
Back in 1943, Stanley Chatham of Montross pulled croakers out of the Potomac weighing close to six pounds. He was thirteen at the time, and when he wasn’t fishing for sport, he was most likely helping his dad and three … Continued
Living Shorelines are a creative and proven approach to protecting tidal shorelines from erosion. The technique consists of planting native wetland plants and grasses, shrubs, and trees at various points along the tidal water line. Plantings are often coordinated with … Continued
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data show that nitrogen and phosphorus were below average in 2015, with nitrogen loads falling 25% between 2014 and 2015, and phosphorus dropping 44. In addition, sediment loads fell 59%. According to the Chesapeake Bay Program, “experts … Continued
Those in the business of natural-resource protection know that it’s a complicated bag of tricks, fraught with difficult decisions during the process of achieving “balance” among the interests of many, often competing groups. In Virginia, as across the U.S., you … Continued
From the earliest days of humans slogging through vast reaches of black needlerush, the shores of the Northern Neck have shaped the character of cultural activity and the pace of social change. The Nomini Indians who camped along the Potomac … Continued
You’re out on Little Totuskey Creek, gliding silently downstream in your canoe, binoculars in hand, and you get the distinct feeling that you’re being watched. Not a house or shed or duck is in sight. Coming around a bend … Continued
Underneath it all, most of us are driven by some deeply hidden desire to dominate nature. And this human tendency to control and manage things out there has been picked up by industry and the media. Like the false … Continued