http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/soil-carbon-restoration-can-biology-do-the-job-part-three/ This blog provides information and commentary that may not represent the view of ACP’s Directors and Advisors
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/15/1922266117\ This blog provides information and commentary that may not represent the views of ACP’s Directors and Advisors
From the Heirloom Grain Alliance… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/us-grain-industry.html?smid=em-share This blog provides information and commentary that may not represent the views of ACP’s Directors and Advisors
Old friend and colleague Dave Hirschman penned this ode to this tree of our Virginia floodplains a few days ago. Along with Sycamore, and others, it’s a great bookend to our recent post – In Praise of Elymus – where our focus was on the dominant native grasses of these same floodplains. Floodplain restoration in […]
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The Triple Bottom Line
There are any number of ways to make our community better, and any number of ways to address perceived problems. Within the international development community, a movement to link community, economy, and environment was dubbed the triple bottom line approach back in the 1980’s. Since then the business community, nonprofits (e.g. Grayson Landcare in Grayson County, VA), and governments have adopted […]
Climate change predictions have been cussed and discussed since the 1970s. The latest report paints a fairly grim picture as it looks like a temperature increase of 4.6° Fahrenheit is inevitable in our lifetime. Like recalcitrant children, we balk at dire predictions that we can’t see with our own eyes. Climate doesn’t work that way, and humans, especially Americans, are […]
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In Praise of Elymus
The Rapidan Institute is focused on East Coast rivers floodplain re-connection and resilience. There are relics remaining of what pre-European floodplain and terraces looked like prior to the advent of industrial agriculture. The Floodplain Savanna appears to be a stable ecosystem configuration of trees and perennial native grasses. Bottlebrush and River Ryes along with River […]
For decades the Mill was a derelict abandoned hulk of concrete visited only by vagrants. A little over a decade ago a father and son from Charlottesville bought the kit and kaboodle – Orange County buildings, dam, and Orange and Culpeper County real estate. They cleaned up the buildings, brought in hydroelectric generating equipment, and […]
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We are now slowly moving into the alignment scoping process at Liberty, Spicers (above), and Madison Mills. The pandemic has slowed our pace but we are nonetheless keeping our foot on the gas thanks to help of our Partners – Fredericksburg Aerial Drone Photography, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, John James Landscape Architect, […]