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Water Conservation Education Week: Reducing Plastics!

By Nicole Vaughan|2024-05-07T12:55:40-04:00September 30, 2021|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Plastic Waste|Tags: Our Common Agenda, Plastic|

Welcome to the third week of Our Common Agenda Education Series, featuring the Healthy Bay, Rivers, & Creeks chapter of Our Common Agenda.

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RioPalooza: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage & Water Conservation with our Partners

By Nicole Vaughan|2024-04-09T11:58:17-04:00September 27, 2021|Categories: VCN News|

The Virginia Conservation Network celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month at the RioPalooza Bilingual River Festival with our Partners at Potomac Riverkeeper Network.

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Land Conservation Education Week: show me the money!

By Nicole Vaughan|2024-04-30T13:45:39-04:00September 22, 2021|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Tree Preservation|Tags: education series, farming, Our Common Agenda, Trees|

Our Common Agenda Education Series features the Land Conservation chapter of Our Common Agenda and policy recommendations for preserving tree canopy, sustainable agriculture, dedicated conservation funding, and more.

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Virginia Conservation Community Mourns the Loss of Tayloe Murphy

By Nicole Vaughan|2022-11-23T13:13:05-05:00September 22, 2021|Categories: Updates From The Capital|

The Virginia conservation community mourns the loss of long-time environmental advocate and champion, William Tayloe Murphy Jr (Tayloe Murphy), who passed on September 15th at the age of 88.

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Wildlife & Fisheries Education Week: wildlife corridors, mussels, and oysters – oh my!

By Nicole Vaughan|2024-04-30T13:51:39-04:00September 16, 2021|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Protecting Native Species|Tags: fisheries, Our Common Agenda, Wildlife Corridors|

Welcome to week one of Our Common Agenda Education Series, featuring the Wildlife & Fisheries chapter of Our Common Agenda. Read below for the latest on Virginia’s wildlife corridors, mussel populations, and oyster populations.

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Virginia’s Special Session Conservation Budget Update

By Nicole Vaughan|2022-02-01T15:19:28-05:00August 20, 2021|Categories: Updates From The Capital|Tags: budget, Special Session|

This Special Session, legislators met to allocate funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, and VCN tracked funding allocated for energy, water, and land conservation.

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Introducing: Our 2022 Common Agenda

By Nicole Vaughan|2024-05-06T02:10:01-04:00August 10, 2021|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth|Tags: Our Common Agenda|

The Virginia Conservation Network (VCN) released Our 2022 Common Agenda. This annual policy Briefing Book is your road map for state-based policy solutions to address the environmental problems facing our Commonwealth.

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