Promoting Virginia’s outdoors for present and future generations.

As one of the largest oyster planters on the East Coast, Lake Cowart’s business is dependent on the quality of the water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. “Everything in the oyster business is so dependent on what happens on the land,” he said. “We need to be careful...

Located at the confluence of the Robinson and Rapidan Rivers in Culpeper County, Horseshoe Farm encompasses a rich history that unfolded there, including a Greek Revival house built in the 1850’s. Sheldon Clark, the owner, worked with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation...

The Goodall brothers, Joe and Paul, had heartfelt opportunities to speak with their father before his passing about his wishes for the farm that has been in the family for now over 100 years.  Culton Goodall’s response was, “If it’s not too much trouble, I would...

In a unique approach to private lands protection, the Nixon family partnered with PEC, NRCS and Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District to leverage federal and state farmland protection funding to conserve their farm fronting the Radidan River for over one mile...

Damascus Virginia, voted by Blue Ridge Outdoors as the "2021 Top Adventure Town," in the tiny Town category, has nine trails that converge in its small radius, seven of which are nationally known:  The Appalachian Trail, the Virginia Creeper Trail, the...