Friends of Buckingham Public Meeting
Union Hill Baptist Church 1496 Union Hill Road (Rt. 663), Buckingham, VA, United StatesSpecial Meeting to launch the grant-supported outreach to landowners near the compressor station.
Training for Water Monitoring Project
Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United StatesThe West Virginia-Virginia Water Quality Monitoring Program is a program developed by Trout Unlimited that is being implemented by Trout Unlimited and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition to train volunteers to monitor coldwater streams for impacts from shale gas and pipeline-related development and other sources of nonpoint pollution. FON has partnered with TU and WVRC […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday July 20, 2016, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Or bring your knitting and join the Knitting Nanas. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville […]
March on the Mansion
Bell Tower at Virginia Square 9th Street and Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, United StatesFor over two years, Virginians who face dangerous pipelines, offshore oil rigs, toxic coal ash, rapidly rising tides, and other pollution threats have appealed to Governor McAuliffe for real leadership. We’ve sent thousands of petitions, shown up at public events, and invited the Governor to tour our threatened homes, asking him to protect our land, […]
Pipeline Field Tour
George Washington National Forest VA, United StatesSee for yourself what pipelines would do to Virginia’s land and communities. Join Wild Virginia on Sunday July 24, 2016, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for a full day outing to learn about proposed pipeline routes through the George Washington National Forest. Spend the day meeting landowners near the national forests who will be impacted, […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday August 3, 2016, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Or bring your knitting and join the Knitting Nanas. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville […]
Water Quality Monitor Training
Staunton Public Library 1 Churchville Ave, Staunton, VA, United StatesProtect your national forests from pipelines and fracking by becoming a citizen science water quality monitor. Learn how to properly conduct water quality monitoring on streams in Virginia. Wild Virginia and Trout Unlimited (TU) will teach you how to conduct chemical monitoring on water samples, measure stream flow, test water temperatures and turbidity and conduct […]
Mask Making Workshop for Hands Across Our Land
Grace Episcopal Church 1934 Crabtree Falls Highway, Massies Mill, VA, United StatesJoin Free Nelson for a mask making workshop in preparation for Hands Across Our Land. The workshop will teach you how to make masks of native animals that you can then wear to Hand Across Our Land to represent them in the protest against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The workshop will be held from 1:00 […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday August 17, 2016, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Or bring your knitting and join the Knitting Nanas. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville […]
Hands Across Our Land
Hands Across Our Land is a grassroots action designed to bring attention to the plight landowners and communities face at the hands of bullying, multi-billion dollar corporations in their quest to build new fossil fuel infrastructure. We believe the rights of property ownership are fundamental to our democracy; that eminent domain should never be used for […]