James Monroe High School environmental science students planted trees on Tuesday at Downtown Greens Inc. new land.
PHOTOS: Learning now, planting for the future
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Tree Steward class starting in January
The Tree Fredericksburg Tree Steward program is a 10 -week class based on the Trees Virginia tree steward manual
Fredericksburg Police debuts first of its hybrid patrol vehicles
The study found that a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, petroleum use, and air pollutants is possible from transitioning to an electric or gas-hybrid fleet.
Dolphins in Fredericksburg? Chesapeake DolphinWatch finds bottlenose sightings far upstream
Researchers find that bottlenose dolphins have been traveling farther up the Rappahannock than usual this year.
Gloucester County confirmed as latest site of Emerald Ash Borer
Seen presence of the emerald ash borer? Report it: dof.virginia.gov
WATCH: Cliff Swallows return to the Chatham Bridge
Shortly before it closed to traffic in 2020, VDOT relocated 120 cliff swallow nestlings
PHOTOS: Getting Earth Day trees ready for the big Saturday giveaway
Some Rappahannock Rotary members volunteered on Thursday to help Tree Fredericksburg get ready for Earth Day. Earth Day at Old Mill Park begins at 11am.
WATCH: Tree Fredericksburg giving out seedlings Saturday at Old Mill Park to anyone in the region
Ann Little tells us there’s a need for volunteers Thursday and Friday morning for volunteers to help get the seedlings ready.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Clean and Green Commisison
Robert Courtnage and Sarah Hurst with updates: Sustainability Award winners, Solarize Fredericksburg, Earth Day, eliminating plastic bags.
All about shad
As spring comes to the Rappahannock river community, you’re probably hearing a lot about a fish called the shad. You may also be wondering, what is a shad? How do you catch one? Can I eat it?
Public invited to review flood maps in Spotsylvania County
On Feb. 22 community partners are invited to participate in a second 90-day appeal and comment period
REC joins electric school bus initiative
In the nation’s 13,185 unified school districts, rural electric co-ops like REC serve more than 50 percent of the territory in nearly 6,000 of those districts.
City bag tax goes into effect Saturday
The city says plastic bags have a major impact on the environment because it takes hundreds of years to for them to breakdown,
Volunteers plant native shrubs around FredNats stadium
Tree Fredericksburg coordinated the event with mainly native shrubs
Weather continues to impact Chesapeake Bay water quality
Models suggest conservation practices are reducing nitrogen, phosphorus pollution entering Bay
Farmland protected near Fort AP Hill in Caroline supports military readiness
Preventing development of the working farmland was a top priority for environmental protection and nearby Army installation operations
WATCH: City Council expected to vote Tuesday on disposable bag tax
If approved, five cent tax would likely go into effect January first
Harmful algae bloom advisory issued for Upper Pamunkey Branch–Lake Anna in Orange and Spotsy
Public advised to avoid water contact in this part of the lake
Household Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday for Stafford and the City
The location is the Stafford Regional Airport
LISTEN: Town Talk/Rappahannock River Stewards
Brent Hunsinger and Adam Lynch talk about their work on the river. Topics include the River Ambassadors program and the river safety partnership (Respect the Rapp)
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