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Fact Sheet No. 7: Consuming Beef, Chicken, Chicken Eggs, and Dairy Products from Animals Raised on the South River Floodplain

Nature

Have you heard of the Virginia Big Tree Program? The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech coordinate the program to improve the care and enjoyment of

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Preservation

The Farmer’s Balancing Act

Restoring the South River and keeping it clean is not just a job for engineers and biologists. In fact, good water quality relies on actions from all residents of the

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History

Local Apple Orchard History

Less than five minutes off Main Street in Waynesboro rests a century-and-a-half-old farmhouse called Rose Cliff. Historians guess that the original structure dates back to the 1850s when the Brooks

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Nature

Working Wetlands

It wasn’t until the 1960s that Virginia started trying to manage the flow of stormwater to prevent flooding. The goal back then was to quickly and efficiently get the water

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History

Local Living History

Sometimes we gain insight for moving forward by taking a look back. The Frontier Culture Museum, located on Richmond Road in Staunton, shows visitors how the first settlers in Virginia

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Flora

Fighting Invasive Plants

Japanese knotweed is an invasive herbaceous perennial that forms large dense clumps of a stout, shrub-like plant between 3-9 feet tall. The stems are reddish in color, ridged, jointed and

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