New! Charitable IRA Rollover!

If you are 70½ or older, temporary legislation allows you to make cash gifts totaling up to $100,000 per year from your traditional or Roth IRA to qualified charities without incurring income tax on the withdrawal.

Learn more about this unique way to give!

Art Exhibit

November 13, 2008 - January 4, 2009
The Washington Society of Landscape Painters captures on canvas conservation efforts taking place by The Nature Conservancy in Virginia, D.C. and Maryland.

See the paintings at The Athenauem this winter. Click to learn more about the exhibit and view a slideshow of the paintings.

What's New?

Chesapeake Bay
There's still time to send your feedback on a risky proposal to introduce an Asian oyster species into the Chesapeake Bay. Your voice can make a difference!

James Taylor performed a benefit concert for the Southern Tip Partnership, helping protect habitat for migratory songbirds on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Follow along as Taylor visits an Eastern Shore refuge by kayak.

Hot Off the Press!

Air pollution threatens the future of the Appalachians, from rare salamanders to forest production. Learn what the Conservancy and the Cary Institute discovered.

Harvesting rainwater would help keep life-choking sediment out of an important Central Virginia river system, according to the Conservancy's Ridge Schuyler (pdf, 674KB).

Clinch Valley

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