CONSERVATION NEWS
Mary Rafferty: Protecting and enhancing Virginia’s natural resources
VCN’s own Mary Rafferty is featured in the Richmond Times [...]
Northam Releases EO6 Report to Enhance DEQ
Virginia’s Secretary of Natural Resources released their report on commitments [...]
VCN, Virginia Transit Association Conclude Summer of Listening Sessions
Over the course of the summer, VCN partnered with the [...]
What We’re Focusing On
CLEAN WATER & FLOOD RESILIENCE
Restoring health and water quality to our creeks, rivers, and the Bay by reducing pollution from agriculture, wastewater, and stormwater, and ending plastic waste.
LAND & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Protecting Virginia’s natural resources to support clean water and air, wildlife populations, viewsheds, food security, culture, history, and improved physical and mental health.
LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION
Leveraging smarter land use, expanding alternatives to driving, and electrifying transportation to reduce carbon emissions and lower vehicle miles traveled.
CLIMATE & ENERGY
Responsibly developing clean energy infrastructure, ramping up energy efficiency and solar investments, and ensuring an equitable transition to a clean energy economy.
GOOD GOVERNANCE
Achieving our conservation efforts through an equitable and inclusive government, with policies and programs that represent and benefit all Virginians