As I sit here in the office with the doors open I can feel the cool breeze finally blowing in. I can see the leaves changing and falling to the ground. In addition to picking pumpkins and trick or treating, this is also an excellent time to work in your yard. Here are...
Development Coordinator Friends of the Rappahannock Position posted on 5/25/2021 Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) is a 501c3 watershed protection organization based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. FOR works to be the voice and active force for a healthy and scenic...
Environmental Education Manager – Upper Rappahannock Friends of the Rappahannock Position posted on 5/19/2021 Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) is a 501c3 watershed protection organization. FOR works to be the voice and active force for a healthy and scenic...
Are you fluent in Spanish and looking to promote clean water and river safety in the Fredericksburg area? Friends of the Rappahannock is seeking a part time candidate to spearhead our Spanish-language outreach and restoration programs during summer 2021. Candidates...
FOR was awarded an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Education grant to provide greater access to environmental education and student stewardship opportunities in the Rappahannock River Watershed. FOR is offering $25,000 in mini-grants to schools,...
A Richmond native, I have been calling Fredericksburg home for my entire adult life. I came to Fredericksburg in August 1992 to attend Mary Washington College. I fell in love with the city, and my husband, Marcus, so I never left. We are raising three outdoor-loving...
Everyone was in great spirits as they descended on Old Mill Park on Sunday October 7th for our annual Big Fall Cleanup. We couldn’t have asked for better weather or volunteers. Everyone was excited to do a little hard work and have a good time. Over 230 volunteers...
One of the pillars of our work at Friends of the Rappahannock is our Advocacy Program. Since 1985, our organization has been working to ensure a healthy and scenic Rappahannock River. Today our work spans all or parts of 18 counties that make up the Rappahannock River...
The tides are shifting again. (They always do!) Although this tide is taking our Education Coordinator, it is bringing us another great partner on the Northern Neck! Lowery Becker has taken a position with the Northern Neck Soil and Water Conservation District...
How do you write about a feeling? It’s the feeling you get when a well-scripted plan meets a group of hard-working volunteers; when work meets play meets growth; when education meets restoration meets recreation in a symphony of dirty hands, elbow grease, and...
