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Particularly Interesting Art

April 16, 2021

Solar in Jefferson County

April 11, 2021

Shepherdstown University Art Students Exhibit

April 10, 2021

A Vision for Hill Top House

April 2, 2021

2021 PVAS Race For The Birds

April 2, 2021

Speak Stories Hosts Len Cabral – April 13

April 2, 2021

Book Review: Remaking Appalachia

April 1, 2021

Keep Your Bird Feeders Clean

April 1, 2021

Rebuilding A Shopping Destination In Downtown Charles Town

April 1, 2021

Discover History At The Jefferson County Museum

April 1, 2021

Shepherdstown Library Gets a New Website

April 1, 2021

Building An Organic Farm From The Ground Up

April 1, 2021

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2021 American Conservation Film Festival

February 26, 2021 Tagged With: American Conservation Film Festival, conservation

Logo for American Conservation Film Festival.

The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF), now in its eighteenth year, is presenting 48 contemporary films in an online festival format for 2021. Aside from the obvious shift away from in-person venues at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) and Shepherd University, the biggest change to this year’s format is the flexibility of watching any (or all) of the films at any time during the festival dates (March 24-28). Read the Full Story >>

Bringing Back Bobwhite Quail

November 20, 2019 Tagged With: conservation, Nature Conservancy, quail

On our wall hangs an ammunition poster printed in the 1940s featuring a crouched rabbit and ten Bobwhite quail. Painted by sporting artist Lynn Bogue Hunt, it celebrates bygone days when hunting was a favorite fall pastime. Read the Full Story >>

Welcome Back, Bob White!

October 12, 2019 Tagged With: conservation, Quail Recovery Initiative, Tomblin Wildlife Management

Doug Pifer

The whistled call, “Bob-White,” is seldom heard here anymore. But that may be about to change. Interested farmers and landowners in Virginia and West Virginia now have an opportunity to bring the cheerful little quail back to their original habitat. Read the Full Story >>

Ash Trees Continue to Receive Life-Saving Treatment

June 15, 2018 Tagged With: Ash Trees, conservation, Morgan’s Grove Park, Shepherdstown Community Club

The last standing grove of mature green ash trees in the Eastern Panhandle is the subject of an ongoing preservation project organized by the Shepherdstown Community Club (SCC). Read the Full Story >>

The Right Place to Roost

April 10, 2017 Tagged With: chimney swift, conservation, Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Shepherd University

Chimney swifts have something special that other songbirds don’t: they roost in large numbers—a thousand or more at a time if they can find the right place. And Shepherdstown has the right place; or at least it has for a long time. In fact, Shepherdstown currently hosts the largest chimney swift roost in West Virginia. Read the Full Story >>

W-elk-ome Home

December 23, 2016 Tagged With: conservation, Elk, Tomblin Wildlife Management, WVDNR

Don’t be fooled by your friends and family in the southern part of West Virginia this holiday season if they post pictures or videos of wildlife with captions like “I believe,” or #Blitzen. We are a little south of caribou territory, but it turns out that due to some recent environmental changes, and the persistent efforts of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR), we will soon be inviting some old friends back to the state. Read the Full Story >>

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