FOR NEWS
2020 Annual Meeting Recognizes Partners, Volunteers and New Board Members
We hosted our 2020 Annual Meeting virtually, in place of our pot-luck meal due to gathering restrictions. Every Annual Meeting is an opportunity to recognize the great work accomplished by our partners and key volunteers. As an organization, we know the work for a...
Coloring Book: Plants & Animals of the Rappahannock (Free Download)
During this time of stay-at-home orders, we thought everyone might enjoy some brand new coloring pages. Carefully crafted by FOR staff, enjoy coloring seven pages of river plants and animals. Learn about flowers, fish, and birds you can find along the Rappahannock...
Meet Brent Hunsinger: River Steward
As River Steward for Caroline, King George and Spotsylvania Counties and State Policy Coordinator, my job is to serve as a local advocate for the river. I'll help manage several regionally focused restoration programs, provide high value environmental education...
Meet Adam Lynch: River Steward
As River Steward for the city of Fredericksburg and Stafford County, I am proud to do my part to carry on FOR's legacy as a fierce advocate for the Rappahannock River. That includes every stream, wetland and pond in the river system, as well as the lands that drain...
Free Trees in Fredericksburg Region
Are you a home, business, or other landowner living in the Fredericksburg region? Would you like to have more trees on your property? My name is Ryan Murray and if your answer to both of those questions was “yes!” then you might be interested in my project. I am a...
FOR receives a $27,000 grant to aid pollution reduction projects
Friends of the Rappahannock is excited to announce that we have been awarded a $27,000 grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment.This grant will be used on pollution reduction conservation projects in the upper and middle Rappahannock...
FOR receives $810,000 grant for continued pollution reduction efforts
Friends of the Rappahannock is excited to announce that we have been awarded an $810,000 Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. NFWF's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund awarded a...
Expanding public access on the Upper Rappahannock River
Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) is excited to be working with an excellent coalition of partners to expand public access in the headwaters region through the creation of an Upper Rappahannock River Water Trail. FOR believes that public access, so people...
UMW Partnership: Film Festival Inspires Action
Leading up to our annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, students from the University of Mary Washington helped clean up Cosner Park and the Rappahannock River. Students collected over 1,000 pounds of trash, including some more unusual items like a wicker chair,...
FOR Environmental Educator, Nancy Stalik, recognized for E-STEM program
Friends of the Rappahannock was recently recognized for its exemplary STEM environmental education program in the state of Virginia. Nancy Stalik, FOR’s Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Coordinator and Environmental Educator, was recognized with the...
Paddle faster, I hear Hazel Run!
On the crisp evening of Nov. 17, 2018, Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) and lovers of music gathered at the historic home of the artist Geri Melchers, Belmont, for a night of music with local band Hazel Run. The event was a benefit concert for FOR and the conclusion...
Meet FOR’s membership coordinator, Katie Pomeroy
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...
Progress at Fones Cliffs: Attorney General announces lawsuit against corporation
After nearly a year of environmental violations at Fones Cliffs, this week brought promising news. On Oct.10, the Virginia Attorney General's office filed a lawsuit against Virginia True Corp. for illegal actions. Additionally, Terrell Bowers, owner of 250 acres...
FOR volunteers support Fredericksburg bike & hike
Global warming, renewable energy top “Day of Action” agenda The first wave was mobile, riding bikes and scooters in the rain, and sporting colorful signs that proclaimed, “Friendly Reminder: THIS IS THE ONLY HOME WE HAVE. Let’s stop destroying our planet.” One...
EDITORIAL: Everyone can benefit from soil, water districts
Editorial article from the Green County Record The state’s 47 soil and water conservation districts will use $7.2 million this fiscal year to help Virginians implement conservation practices. The districts began in 1935 when Congress ordered the U.S. Department of...