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Riparian Buffer Walk 2023

Riparian Buffer Walk 2023

Oct 23, 2023

October is Riparian Buffer Month. How Could I Not Write About That? Note: This post was written by a real person–me. All photos by R. Whitescarver unless otherwise noted. Walking under the shade of the trees we planted along Middle River, I look up and see abundant acorns. I smile....

Conservation Vouchers, Making Farming Safer and More Efficient

Conservation Vouchers, Making Farming Safer and More Efficient

Jan 9, 2023

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has a program that helped us be more efficient and safer farmers with conservation vouchers. It’s called the Healthy Streams Farm Stewardship program. It awards $3,000 worth of conservation vouchers per acre of riparian forest buffer up to $20,000. In addition, the program allows...

Breakfast on the Bay with Jeanne, Bobby, and Val

Breakfast on the Bay with Jeanne, Bobby, and Val

Jul 1, 2021

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay made a three-minute video of Jeanne, Val, and me working at Whiskey Creek Angus.

Livestock Exclusion: Is It Time for the Big R?

Livestock Exclusion: Is It Time for the Big R?

Jun 9, 2019

Breaking the barrier: Ideas for increasing participation in voluntary livestock stream exclusion Livestock exclusion from streams? Is it time for the big R—regulation? Livestock, especially cattle, are the number one polluter of streams in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They destroy the aquatic ecosystem by dislodging soil, trampling the streambed,...

The Pope on Climate Change and Monks on Water Quality

Jun 23, 2015
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