Stadium Woods – Save The Trees

Stadium Woods is an approximately 15-acre wooded section found adjacent to the east side of Lane Stadium on the Virginia Tech campus. It is approximately a rectangle 2000 feet long (running north/south) and 300 feet wide (Figure 1). The area is heavily wooded, with numerous white oak (Quercus albaL.) trees over 36 inches in [...]

Completing Trail a Credit to Its Fans | The News & Advance

After more than 15 years of planning, raising money and construction, the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail Project is nearly complete. It runs along the Piney River in Amherst and Nelson counties.

Planning for the seven-mile long trail, which follows the roadbed of the now defunct railway, has been a real community effort for organizations [...]

Winter: A “Secret Season” in the South’s Loftiest National Parks | National Parks Traveler

Shenandoah National Park

Both Shenandoah and the Blue Ridge Parkway straddle the eastern-most “front range” of the Appalachians. That can mean that most of the snow from the region’s storms falls on more westerly ridges West Virginia peaks can receive nearly 200 inches of snow!.

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