By Rob Hedelt When visitors arrive on October 3rd at Lawson Bay Farm in White Stone for Boots and Barbecue, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy’s...
Conserved Farm Tells Stories Worth Preserving: Lawson Bay Farm and Capt. Bayton
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Month: October 2023
Nature on the Neck: Bayberry, Spicebush and the Making of Beer
By Kevin Howe - Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist Protected land is the key to clean water. And clean water is the key to good beer!...
Look Back in Time at Lawson Bay Farm and Look Forward to Boots and Barbecue
By Rob Hedelt - Board Member and Retired Journalist When visitors come to the party at Lawson Bay Farm in a few weeks to celebrate the conservation...
Nature on the Neck: River Otters
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist In Virginia, we have 121 different species of Mammals, most of which we never see....
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...