Blue Ridge Conservation appreciates the coverage that our local and state media has given us to help further our conservation and sustainability efforts.
Our Phase II consists of a large demonstration bed along 501 expressway, a heavily traveled Lynchburg highway (40,000 drivers daily). The bed features non-GMO/non-Neonicotinoid native perennials, shrubs, and trees that will provide food and habitat for insects and wildlife throughout the year. During the winter, the faded plant material will be left intact to provide winter wildlife habitat.
Listen to Blue Ridge Conservation board member, Kris Lloyd, explain to Living in the Heart of Virginia, what Blue Ridge Conservation is doing in our local community and how BRC assisted a local high school program.
Bee City Designation
Read more about Lynchburg’s journey to becoming a designated Bee City through the help of BRC.
Native Pollinator Trees
Read more about the native trees donated to the Heritage High School Bee program by Tony Guthrie.
Heritage High’s Bees
Read more about Heritage High School’s Bee Program and how BRC helped through the procurement of native trees.
Responsible Gardening
Read about our BRC member, Kaye Moomaw’s article on how to be Bee a Responsible Gardener.
Bee City Committee
Read more about becoming a designated Bee City and the Bee City Working Committee.
Protecting Pollinators
Read BRC member, Heidi James, describe how Lynchburg mobilized locally through the Garden Club of Virginia’s resolution to protect local pollinators.
McKenna Field, Roadside Biodiversity Initiative
Watch and read about how the McKenna Field Project developed and BRC’s vision for the field.
Bee Groups Come Together from all Over Our City
Several Lynchburg Community Bee Groups come together to protect nature’s pollinators.
Roadside Biodiversity Initiative, News in Advance
Shannon Brennan wrote about the BRC mission and the Roadside Biodiversity Initiative in the News in Advance.