Conserving land, and its favorable effects on water quality and quantity, were issues front and center last Friday at the Potomac Watershed Forum V, held at the Prince William Campus of George Mason University, and attended by nearly 200 people from around the region and as far away as Westmoreland […]
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Kokolopori Micro-Credit Benefit Set on April 19
The concept of micro-credit policy now popular across the globe is predicated on the notion of one of its founders in Bangladesh in 1974 that “the reason many people live in poverty is not because they are lazy or lack skills, but because they lack access to capital with which […]
Northern Virginia Art Beat
“Art Conservation Today: Research/Treatments” Thursday, March 1, 2007 from 7 to 9:00 p.m. at the Arlington Art Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. Call (703) 248-6800, or see www.arlingtonartscenter.org .
Senator Whipple
Snowflakes greeted us as we entered Douthat State Park near Clifton Forge for the annual retreat of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Although it was a little late in the season and rather chilly, it was an absolutely beautiful time to be in the mountains for […]