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, […]
Years ago I gave a talk at UMass Ecological Landscape Conference showing multi-year soil test results from some of our projects. The results portrayed substantial soil organic matter (SOM) increases from 3-4 years of compost + soil biology inoculants. Lots of discussion about whether its really possible to substantially improve soil chemistry and biology in […]
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We are proud to announce that Shepherd Waldenberger has been hired as the Education Manager for our brand new Millrace Academy. The Academy will be our dissemination platform – sharing knowledge from our river, floodplain, soil, and energy programs all in one place. This blog provides information and commentary that may not represent the views […]
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2020 Sweeper Crew Hiring is OPEN!
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Bryona Ward, a 2019 Clinch River StreamSweeper has been hard at work since the close of our summer season as our first ever River Maintenance Steward. Additional year-end support from TVA allowed us to fund this position for the first time on the Clinch River. Bryona visits – weekly or bi-weekly as weather permits – […]