DEQ Educational Series: Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration

Join us for a free webinar on Tuesday, June 10, from 6:30-8 p.m., to learn about the activities DEQ engages in to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. Click this link to register for the Chesapeake Bay webinar The Chesapeake Bay is … Continued

Join The NAPS Creek Cleanup, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, Noon to 3pm

We’ll get fueled up at noon with a free lunch for all participants, then we’ll clean up the shorelines of the Upper Great Wicomico River and its tributaries using a small fleet of skiffs, kayaks, and lots of helping hands. … Continued

Septic Pump-Out Assistance

The Northern Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC) administers grants from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to provide financial assistance to low- and moderate-income (LMI) households and allow them to comply with septic tank pump-out requirements. Household income limits … Continued

Riparian Buffers Presentation

The Northern Neck Master Gardener’s Shoreline Evaluation Program (SEP) will offer a presentation on riparian buffers on Friday, June 28 at 2:00 p.m. at St Mary’s Church, 203 Dennison St., Colonial Beach. A riparian buffer may be the most valuable … Continued

Why use living shorelines?

Do you have shoreline erosion? Can you protect it and still encourage aquatic nurseries and vegetation growth? Living Shoreline Treatments address erosion in lower energy situations by providing long-term protection, restoration or enhancement of vegetated shoreline habitats through strategic placement … Continued

Join The NAPS Great Wicomico River Cleanup, Sunday, Sept. 24, noon-3pm,

We’ll get fueled up at noon with a free lunch for all participants, then we’ll clean up the shorelines of the Lower Great Wicomico River and its tributaries using a small fleet of skiffs and lots of helping hands. Everyone … Continued

Save The Date: Heathsville Earth Day Festival, Sat., Apr. 15

Learn about nature, stewardship, green energy, climate change, and the future of transportation… The Northumberland Assn. for Progressive Stewardship (NAPS) will be hosting the 8th. Annual Earth Day Festival in “downtown” Heathsville on Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 9 a.m. … Continued

Rappahannock River Watershed Survey

Virginia Tech researchers are seeking participants for a research study (Virginia Tech IRB review #21-989) on priorities for ecological restoration in the Rappahannock River watershed. Our project tests a model for understanding and integrating different community members’ and scientists’ ecological … Continued