POSTPONED: LANCASTER Household Hazardous Waste Collection
The HHW/E Waste Collection scheduled for Saturday, 9/15 has been POSTPONED, due to concerns about potential impact from Hurricane Florence. The new date will be October 27, 2018, 9:00-2:00. Everyone please stay safe.
Northumberland County Household Hazardous Waste and E Waste Collection
The 2018 Fall Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Collection for Northumberland County will take place Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9:00 am to 2 pm at the parking lot in front of Northumberland Middle School, accessible right off of Rt. … Continued
Cooperative Extension to host well water testing in the Northern Neck
The Northumberland County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is hosting a Drinking Water Clinic in October, 2018. See below details. Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland counties are also making this very affordable water testing available to their citizens. Testing costs $55 and … Continued
Lancaster County Household Hazardous Waste/E Waste Event
The 2018 Fall Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Collection for Lancaster County will take place Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9:00 am to 2 pm at the Kilmarnock Recycling Center, 320 White Pine Drive (located off of Irvington Road) in … Continued
Washington Post reveals: An unsavory scam? Company accused of diluting Chesapeake blue crab meat with imported crab
Justin Jouvenal reveals in an article in the Washington Post that some companies packaging and selling Chesapeake Bay blue crab have been diluting the product with imported crab. Full article.
BioBlitz on the National Wildlife Refuge—Sept. 29
Come be a part of Rappahannock River Valley NWR’s 1st BioBlitz! A BioBlitz is an intense period of biological surveying in attempt to identify all living species within a unit of the refuge. During this BioBlitz, biologists, citizen scientists and wildlife enthusiasts will have … Continued
New Sites for Recreational Activities
In 2017, Chesapeake Bay Program partners added several new sites where the public can enjoy water activities in Virginia. Among them are the Northern Neck’s Belle Isle State Park (Lancaster County) and Hull Springs Farm (Westmoreland County). CBP’s Rachel Felver … Continued
High Demand for Beehives
The Virginia Department of Agriculture’s Beehive Distribution Program provides beehive equipment directly to eligible beekeepers. Residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia who are 18 years of age or older at the time an application is submitted are eligible to receive … Continued
Sustainable Materials Webinar
This free webinar will introduce the importance of using and reusing materials in the most productive and sustainable way over their entire life cycles. Date and Time: Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET. Background: The built environment touches … Continued
Interested in becoming a Northern Neck Master Naturalist? Find out more . . .
The next Northern Neck Master Naturalist Basic Training course will be held March – June 2019. The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists offers the basic training course every 1-2 years.The course encompasses at least 40 hours of training … Continued