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Holy Cross Abbey’s Sustainability Journey

Holy Cross Abbey’s Sustainability Journey

Jan 19, 2017
Sipping Africa, Mandela and the Reality of Trump – Swoope Almanac 11/16

Sipping Africa, Mandela and the Reality of Trump – Swoope Almanac 11/16

Nov 23, 2016
Restoring the Chesapeake Bay One Small Watershed at a Time

Restoring the Chesapeake Bay One Small Watershed at a Time

Mar 9, 2016
Historic Win For the Chesapeake Bay TMDL

Historic Win For the Chesapeake Bay TMDL

Feb 29, 2016

Chesapeake Bay TMDL Wins in Court Five years of court battles are over. Today, a leap day that will never be forgotten in watershed restoration, the Chesapeake Bay, with over 10,000 streams and all its inhabitants won in the Chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

Improve Herd Health with Abundant Clean Water

Feb 6, 2016

Livestock Drinking Dirty Water is Not Good For Herd Health Humans don’t drink dirty water and neither should your livestock. Aristotle recognized the value of boiling water and burying feces to prevent disease back in 350BC. We’ve been learning ever since. Just as with human health, herd health improves with...

Bobby’s Free ebook: Selling Riparian Forest Buffers

Nov 25, 2015

How do we accelerate the planting of riparian forest buffers?

Brook Trout – Environmental Refugees From the Middle River

Brook Trout – Environmental Refugees From the Middle River

Sep 18, 2015

Leaves from Native Trees – The Foundation of Freshwater Ecosystems

Jan 21, 2015

Every Person, Every Tributary

Dec 15, 2014

What is it going to take to restore the Chesapeake Bay? Every person and every tributary in the watershed. What will it take to restore the stream where you live? Every person and every tributary.

Lake Erie Heat Attack

Aug 22, 2014

This is an OPED piece I wrote for the Bay Journal News Service which was published on 8/19/2014. I have added photos and links. Here’s a link to the Downstream Project’s Amy Matthews Amos blog about it. Surviving a heart attack is a huge wake-up call that usually warrants a...

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First Place Award for 2020 Outstanding Column & Blog from Virginia Outdoor Writers Association View All Awards
  • Remarkably, Bobby has managed to sum up six years of effort by thousands of people in three states into a tight, fun-to-read debrief. Four Factors is clear and empowering. I highly recommend this book to any organization, community leader, or neighbor who is taking on a campaign, be it a local neighborhood effort or a six-year fight against an unneeded $8 billion pipeline project.

    Kate Wofford
    Executive Director, Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

Recent Posts

  • Ode to Black Locust Trees
  • The Battle Against Two Invasives: Tree-of-Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly
  • 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

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Contact Information

  • 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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