On April 6th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protected two species of crayfish in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia under the Endangered Species Act. This listing comes in response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity. The Big Sandy crayfish and the Guyandotte River crayfish have lost more than half of their… Read more
With the Harrisonburg show a day away, we are quickly approaching the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Virginia. With 3 shows hosted by Wild Virginia, we hope to utilize the different selections of films to convey a story about our planet, our beautiful and precious wild lands, and the people of the communities who… Read more
This series of short films will be shown in Staunton on April 10th 7pm at the Visulite Cinema Spaceship Earth Passenger Safety Briefing – Dave Gardner, Lynsey Jones, GrowthBusters | 2014 The Last Dragons – Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk | 2015 Mile for Mile – James Q Martin | 2015 In Current – Ryan Heffernan, Grayson… Read more
This series of short films will be shown in Charlottesville on April 5th, 2016 at 6:30pm at the Violet Crown Cinema. Bringing Back the Brooks – Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk 2015 An Education, A Father-Daughter Trip of Discovery – Mike Libecki, Mike Schirf, Fitz Cahall | 2014 Comes with Baggage – Dominic Gill, Nadia Boctor | 2015… Read more
This series of short films will be shown in Harrisonburg on March 30th, 2016 at 7pm at the Court Square Theater. Bringing Back the Brooks – Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk 2015 Defined by the Line – Rebecca Cahall, Alex Lowther, Jimmy Hooper | 2015 Bounce, this is not a freestyle movie – Guillaume Blanchet | 2014 Emerald… Read more
In an effort to demonstrate the profound impacts of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has published an online interactive mapping system detailing the environmental risks and sensitivities associated with the proposed route. As the User Guide points out, this program hopes to “organize and provide access to environmental information and… Read more
Dominion has proposed to adopt an alternative route (GWNF 6) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in order to avoid the threatened species in the Cheat and Shenandoah Mountain ranges. In order to avoid these mountains, the new, proposed route will pass through Pocahontas County, cross into Highland County and then into Bath and Augusta… Read more
On February 12, 2016 Dominion Transmission announced intentions of filing with FERC next week a new route for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Map – Courtesy of DPMC Even with this new route, Dominion has yet to demonstrate two Forest Service prerequisites to building the pipeline across the National Forest: Dominion must prove that the private… Read more
