by Alicen Hackney | Mar 3, 2026 | Newsletter, Press Release
The Northern Neck Land Conservancy is pleased to announce that Executive Director Lisa Biever has joined Virginia’s United Land Trusts’ board of directors. Known as VaULT, the statewide organization’s mission is to magnify and amplify land conservation...
by Alicen Hackney | Mar 3, 2026 | Newsletter
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 their love of nature and open spaces. Few have explained their motivation more eloquently than Becky Shelton, a Stafford...
by Alicen Hackney | Mar 3, 2026 | Newsletter
By Kevin HoweBoard Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist Nearly everyone recognizes and appreciates frogs and toads. They are mostly cute, small, never bite and eat insects. What’s not to love? I think most people would be stunned to know that Virginia has 28...
by Alicen Hackney | Feb 2, 2026 | Newsletter
By Kevin Howe – Board Member, Ecologist, Master Naturalist February 2nd is Groundhog Day, so it seems appropriate that we begin nature coverage this month with the groundhog. Most folks probably know the legend that if the Pennsylvania Groundhog, known as...
by Alicen Hackney | Feb 2, 2026 | Newsletter, Press Release
By Rob Hedelt There’s no hesitation or soul searching when Kyle Pierson is asked to explain why he and wife Jen have placed nearly 90 acres of land in Farnham in a conservation easement with the Northern Neck Land Conservancy. “It’s to preserve what we have,” the...
by Alicen Hackney | Dec 17, 2025 | Newsletter, Press Release
Warsaw, VA December 18, 2025 – All over the world, there are people who care deeply about saving the natural spaces that they love. On the Northern Neck and in Essex County, folks take that mission driven spirit to the next level by permanently conserving the...
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