Friends Of The Rappahannock is an Environmental non-profit organization with the mission to be the voice and active force for a healthy and scenic Rappahannock River. We work in 18 counties that make up the Rappahannock River watershed to provide advocacy, restoration, and education programs to students, residents, landowners, and visitors of the region.
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3219 Fall Hill Ave
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401-3033, US
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🌿 October Virtual Learning Series: Advocating for EE 101 🌿 Join us this month as Daria Christian, Executive Director for Friends of the Rappahannock, shares the essentials of advocating for environmental education. Learn how to communicate effectively with elected officials and explore EE advocacy networks. Don't miss out—register today! 🗓 Date: October 9th 2024 💻 Cost: $20 (VAEE Members) | $25 (Nonmembers) 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eRGMP3Qs
We are very excited to share that Friends of the Rappahannock was selected to receive a $468,153 Small Watershed Grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund! Working with partners of the Rappahannock River Roundtable our project titled: Planting Urban Forests for Healthy Watersheds and Communities, will help plant thousands of trees at schools, parks, businesses, and communities across the counties of the Rappahannock River Region! These projects will have an enormous impact on water quality, community health, and provide essential habitat for fish and wildlife. Stay tuned as we get ready to launch the project later this year!
It’s a historic day for the Chesapeake Bay! 🦀 Today NFWF, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other federal and private funders announce $35 million in grant awards to support the restoration and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This marks a record annual investment in NFWF’s nearly 25-year history of supporting Bay restoration. Read more >> https://lnkd.in/gGshf9ib 📷: Chesapeake Bay landscape and blue heron at sunset #baldeagle #wildlifeconservation #chesapeake #chesapeakebay #grant #environment
Thanks to an amazing team of volunteers from Dominion Energy for helping us plant five acres of trees to protect water quality and provide new habitat for fish and wildlife! This crew was incredible! Also grateful for support and technical assistance from Virginia Department of Forestry USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for making this event possible.
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More 1600 native trees were planted today in Warrenton by these amazing Dominion Energy volunteers! 🌳 The 1625 trees are a hardwood riparian mix of native trees -- chosen for the Friends Of The Rappahannock project. Our project leader Environmental Compliance Coordinator Therron Lex was ecstatic at the project's completion: "I am truly humbled, to have everyone come out and take part in leaving a legacy for the next generation. I cannot thank you all enough for the continuous support of my passions. I believe the best description of today’s event was said by Mike with Friends of the Rappahannock, and simply put, “Ya'll killed it!” This was difficult work in cold, wet weather. But the group of about 40 hung in there and got the job done! We are so proud!!! Bravo team!
We are working hard to protect our local water supplies from growing demands from development and new industrial users. These new regulations move us towards more comprehensive water supply planning, but we still have work to do. We will continue to advocate for a whole basin wide approach to water supply planning. Thank you to everyone who has supported this effort. Check out the article below to learn more.