Outdoors

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Health STRASBURG, Sept. 17 — Effective immediately, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has lifted the recreational advisory due to a harmful algae bloom (HAB) on […]

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Forestry The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) is again seeking 12 species of acorns and nuts that can be planted at its Augusta Forestry Center in […]

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Sept. 3 — Shenandoah National Park is reopening the park’s streams to fishing. All angling had been temporarily suspended due low stream flows and high water […]

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Aug. 20 — Effective immediately, Shenandoah National Park’s streams and rivers are closed to fishing due to low stream flows and high water temperatures. Despite the […]

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Aug. 17 — Shenandoah National Park is seeking feedback on proposed fee increases to be implemented over the next two years. This proposal does not include an increase in entrance […]

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Health STRASBURG, July 30 — The North Fork of the Shenandoah River in Shenandoah County is experiencing a benthic harmful algae bloom (HAB) caused by cyanobacteria. […]