By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist In Virginia, we have 121 different species of Mammals, most of which we never see....
Nature on the Neck: River Otters
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Month: July 2020
Carole and Welford Taylor Make Unique and Generous Gift to Northern Neck Land Conservancy
By Rob Hedelt When they were younger, Henrico County couple Carole and Welford Taylor bought two lots in Northumberland County near Indian Creek...
Nature on the Neck: Dragonflies and Damselflies
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist When you get near freshwater anywhere in North America you will see dragonflies and...
Nature on the Neck: Butterflies
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, ecologist, Master Naturalist Adult butterflies are probably the one insect that anyone over the age of three can...
Nature on the Neck: Ticks
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist I think most people are well aware of those awful biting tiny ticks. These little, mostly...
The Inspiration for the Northern Neck License Plate with Chip Jones
By Rob Hedelt The year was 2005 and Westmoreland County native and resident Chip Jones was working for his brother’s trash business, a job that had...
Nature on the Neck: Double-crested Cormorant
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist Over 490 species of birds have been recorded in Virginia, and in the Northern Neck...
Northern Neck Land Conservancy Director Joins Virginia’s United Land Trusts Board
The Northern Neck Land Conservancy is pleased to announce that Executive Director Lisa Biever has joined Virginia's United Land Trusts’ board of...
Protecting Muddy Creek with Becky Shelton
By Rob Hedelt When people who use conservation easements to protect their land try to explain why they do it, most focus on general terms about...