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Ash Trees, Shrikes, the Roanoke Logperch, and the Endangered Species Act at 50 (JMU 2024)

Ash Trees, Shrikes, the Roanoke Logperch, and the Endangered Species Act at 50 (JMU 2024)

Aug 4, 2016

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law protecting imperiled plants and animals in the world. Because of the ESA, hundreds of plants and animals have been saved, including some of our most iconic birds: the American Bald Eagle, the California Condor, the Peregrine Falcon, and the Whooping...

Test Media

Jul 16, 2015

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Earth Day Post for Middle Schoolers

Apr 7, 2014

Progressive Farmer Magazine Features Valley Farmer, Conservation and CBF

Mar 11, 2014

Deborah Huso, Free Lance Writer for the Progressive Farmer Magazine called me back in July. “I’d like to do a story on stream fencing, the Farm Bill and conservation. Do you have any farmers in mind that I could interview”, she said. This was music to my ears.

Despicable Deer Hunters Go Away

Nov 5, 2013

  Let me apologize right up front to all my ethical hunter friends. Thank you for hunting. It is a true American tradition and it’s needed to manage wildlife populations. Hunters also feed the hungry. But today I gnash my teeth and rub myself with ashes because of the scum...

Swoope Almanac: October 2013: Quail Release on the Farm

Oct 27, 2013

  “Just because the problem seems unsolvable doesn’t give us the right to give up”. I can’t remember who wrote that but it sticks in my mind. And just like the people trying to find that one blight resistant American Chestnut tree, Bobwhite Quail lovers keep hoping that maybe someday...

Quail Survive at Cobble Hill Farm Because of Habitat

Oct 2, 2013

Cobble Hill Farm in Staunton Virginia released pen raised Northern Bobwhites in December of 2012. I interviewed Jim Pile, the farm’s manager on October 1st 2013 for this article and I could hear Quail giving their “Hoy-ee” call. Click on the hot link above to go a website with the...

Well Managed “Open-Space” Should Not Be Taxed

Sep 24, 2013

“Well-managed” farmland and other working “open-spaces” should not be taxed when they provide ecosystem services exceeding the cost of public services for the land.

Planting and Growing a Successful Riparian Forest Buffer

Planting and Growing a Successful Riparian Forest Buffer

Jul 13, 2013

I have been involved with over 500 miles of riparian buffer plantings and have witnessed plenty of failures and successes. I would like to share with you what I believe is the recipe for success, that being TREE CANOPY CLOSURE IN TEN YEARS.

Harpers Ferry – a History Steeped in Irony

Jul 4, 2013

I’m standing in the middle of the footbridge across the Potomac River at Harper’s Ferry looking downstream. Beneath me flows the nation’s river that at this point in its journey, drained six million acres of land.

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First Place Award for 2020 Outstanding Column & Blog from Virginia Outdoor Writers Association View All Awards
  • “Bobby and Jeanne show us how agriculture and conservation can work together, just as the couple’s remarkable marriage does. This book is about their journey together on the farm to produce healthy livestock and clean water.

    This book gives us a blueprint not only for the restoration of the Bay and the waters of the United States but also for the family farm.”

    Will Baker
    President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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    Ode to Black Locust Trees
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  • 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
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    Greed, Lies, and Lack of Oversight Led to the Kepone Disaster of 1975

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  • 164 Whiskey Creek Rd Churchville, VA 24421
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