More than 25 Virginia Conservation Network partners have released statements in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others whose names we may or may not know.
VCN WELCOMES UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SUMMER INTERNS The University of Richmond School of Law Summer Public Service Fellowship Program provides summer funding to students working in qualifying government, nonprofit, and private sector employment settings. The Fellowship Program makes it financially possible for students to gain valuable, but unpaid, [...]
MORE THAN 250 ADVOCATES MEET WITH LEGISLATORS FOR 2020 CONSERVATION LOBBY DAY On Tuesday, January 21, more than 250 conservation advocates met with legislators for VCN's 2020 Conservation Lobby Day. Advocates completed more than 50 meetings int he Pocahontas building, lobbying their state representatives on legislation including the [...]
More than 180 members of Virginia’s conservation community convened in the Commonwealth’s capital for the Virginia Environmental Assembly and Annual Meeting – our two-day conference bringing experienced and emerging conservation leaders together to learn, strategize, and network.
During their annual retreat, VCN staff members had the opportunity to visit with several Network Partners and explore some of Southeast Virginia. First up, the team took to the air from Hampton with SouthWings. Volunteer pilots Stu Bailey and Forrest Ward led VCN on a route that articulated both [...]
On Thursday, April 28th, Collin O'Mara—President and CEO of National Wildlife Federation—traveled to Richmond, VA to speak about the importance of conserving Virginia's environment. "Virginia is important, whether it's clean water, climate, or wildlife. And a lot of what they do does affect the entire mid-Atlantic region, [...]