by Rob Hedelt | Jul 30, 2025 | Board, Newsletter
By Rob Hedelt(An excerpt from a speech Rob Hedelt gave at Belle Isle State Park)Photo: Rob Hedelt (bottom right) with his Family on his Grandfather’s (Robert C. Carden, Top Left) Boat, the Sea Ranger, where he got his early attachment to the water. In 44 years...
by Rob Hedelt | Jun 23, 2025 | Newsletter, Press Release
By Rob Hedeltwith contributions from Kevin Howe Ask Katharina Bergdoll about the precise moment in her young life when she connected with nature, and a slightly puzzled look appears on a face that’s as elegant as it is engaging. “I can’t remember one particular...
by Rob Hedelt | Mar 31, 2025 | Newsletter
By Rob Hedelt For 50 years, Ida Hall has earned a living in harmony with nature. She pulls crabs, fish and oysters from the waters near her family’s ancestral home on Bluff Point Neck near Kilmarnock in Northumberland County. Though she’s seen many heart-stirring...
by Rob Hedelt | Mar 3, 2025 | Newsletter
Cousins Lawrence and David Latané grew up connected to the Westmoreland County land that was once the home of their Washington family ancestors. Lawrence Latané, the third of his name, grew up on Blenheim, one of several farms eventually created from that plantation....
by Rob Hedelt | Feb 5, 2025 | Newsletter, Press Release
By Rob Hedelt, board member of the Northern Neck Land Conservancy When Marc Gorelick and Lynn Broaddus were considering big career changes years ago—moving from Wilmington, Delaware to new jobs in the Midwest —there was one other key decision to make. The accomplished...
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