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Hope and Reflections 2024

Hope and Reflections 2024

Nov 15, 2024

Note: A real person wrote this: me. All pictures by me unless otherwise noted. There are no paywalls, ads, AI, popups, or surveys. Each year, I review my photos and select ones that give me hope or are really good. I’ve added some reflections as our country enters a new...

Buffers, Buteos, Bugs, and Burs: Whiskey Creek Almanac Fall 2024

Buffers, Buteos, Bugs, and Burs: Whiskey Creek Almanac Fall 2024

Oct 2, 2024

The Bs have it this fall. The riparian forest buffers at our River Farm are 20 years old. The buffers at Whiskey Creek Regenerative Farming are three years old and have survived two consecutive years of extreme drought. Buteos are a genus of raptors with large bodies and broad wings....

Native Warm-Season Grasses and Extreme Drought: Whiskey Creek Almanac August 2024

Native Warm-Season Grasses and Extreme Drought: Whiskey Creek Almanac August 2024

Aug 14, 2024

The dry, brown grass crunches under my boots as I walk through our pasture. It’s depressing. All our pastures have dried up except one: the native warm-season grass pasture. It’s thriving. It flourishes in warmer temperatures and can tolerate drought conditions.

GASLIGHT and The Atlantic Coast Pipeline

GASLIGHT and The Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Jun 21, 2024

Note: The text of this post was first published as an oped in the News Leader on 6/12/2024. GASLIGHT: The perfect title for a book about the defeat of the largest, most expensive, unpermitted, fracked-gas pipeline in American history: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Jonathan Mingle’s new 282-page thriller chronicles the...

Spring Surge at Whiskey Creek

Spring Surge at Whiskey Creek

May 30, 2024

Spring Surge at Whiskey Creek Regenerative Farming Note: This post was written by a real person: me. There are no popups, paywalls, ads, or AI. All photos are by me unless otherwise noted. The energy of life surges this month. I can feel it in the sun’s warmth, smell it...

Earth Day 54: A Sense of Wonder and SB 697

Earth Day 54: A Sense of Wonder and SB 697

Apr 22, 2024

Note: This was first published as an oped in the Virginia Mercury on April 22, 2024 Walk Slow, Stand Around My wife and I are cattle farmers in Virginia’s legendary Shenandoah Valley. Early in our marriage, Jeanne gave me a nickname: “Walk Slow, Stand Around.” Yep, that’s me. Sure, it’s...

Whiskey Creek Almanac–March 2024

Whiskey Creek Almanac–March 2024

Mar 18, 2024

Note: This post was written by a real person: me. There are no paywalls, no pop-up menus, no AI, no surveys, and no advertising. All photos by R. Whitescarver. Calving Season Begins at Whiskey Creek March is the most exciting time on the farm because most of our calves are...

A  Walk Along Middle River–Swoope Almanac Winter 2024

A Walk Along Middle River–Swoope Almanac Winter 2024

Feb 15, 2024

We have a small farm in Swoope along Trimbles Mill Road. The Middle River flows through it for half a mile. We call it the River Farm. The cows were fenced away from the river in 2004, and we planted trees along the banks. Sycamores Hold the Line I walk...

Terraces, Soil Conservation, and the Douro Region of Portugal

Terraces, Soil Conservation, and the Douro Region of Portugal

Jan 31, 2024

Note: This was written by a real person . . . me. There are no popups, no ads, no AI. All photos were taken by me. In January, Jeanne and I traveled to Portugal and visited three of its many wine regions: the Douro, the Alentejo, and the Algarve. The...

Journeys of Hope, Reflections and Pictures 2023

Journeys of Hope, Reflections and Pictures 2023

Dec 28, 2023

Our Epic Journey to Renewable Energy Note: This was written by a real person–me. All pictures by me unless otherwise noted.

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First Place Award for 2020 Outstanding Column & Blog from Virginia Outdoor Writers Association View All Awards
  • “I read every one of Bobby’s blog posts. They keep me informed on everything from their cattle farm operation to their best management practices in action. His blog always features relevant information on keeping our waters clean, our soil out of the runoff, and other environmental issues of our time.”

    Logan Kendle
    JMU ISAT 424 2012

Recent Posts

  • Ode to Black Locust Trees
    Ode to Black Locust Trees
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    The Battle Against Two Invasives: Tree-of-Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly
  • Whiskey Creek Almanac: August 2026, Climate Change, Mycofiltration, and the American Barn Owl
    Whiskey Creek Almanac: August 2026, Climate Change, Mycofiltration, and the American Barn Owl
  • Greed, Lies, and Lack of Oversight Led to the Kepone Disaster of 1975
    Greed, Lies, and Lack of Oversight Led to the Kepone Disaster of 1975

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline . calving . calving season . Chesapeake Bay . Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint . Chesapeake Bay Foundation . chesapeake clean water blueprint . Clean Water Act . Climate Change . Climate crisis . Conservation easement . Conservation Reserve Program . CREP . Dominion . Earth Day . endangered species . EPA . feral cats . Green Ash . livestock exclusion . loggerhead shrike . Middle River . native prairie . Northern Bobwhite . Princess of Swoope . quail . renewable energy . riparian buffer . riparian buffers . riparian forest buffer . riparian forest buffers . Shenandoah River . soil erosion . stream fencing . Stroud Water Research Center . swoope . Swoope almanac . tmdl . water pollution . water quality . Whiskey Creek . Whiskey Creek Almanac . Whiskey Creek Angus . Whiskey Creek Regenerative Farming . wildlife habitat

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  • Bobby Whitescarver
  • Whitescarver Natural Resource Management, Inc.
  • 164 Whiskey Creek Rd Churchville, VA 24421
  • 540-280-7134
  • bobby.whitescarver@gettingmoreontheground.com

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