Wilson Ratliff has made a career out of shrinking carbon footprints. As technical director of the Charlottesville-based Local Energy Alliance Program, a regional nonprofit focused…
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Voting in the 2018 election for Secretary, Treasurer, and At-Large Board Member ended in December. Thanks to NCF Parliamentarian Nancy Lowry’s careful tallying, we are…
The good Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, Adult Session 2019 will take place August 16-20. This year’s session just happens to coincide with…
I would like to take credit for the outstanding donations to the Nature Camp Foundation Annual Fund ($87K+ compared to the goal of $75K) in…
Every five years the Nature Camp Foundation hosts a reunion to bring together all friends of Nature Camp for a long weekend of nostalgia, fellowship,…
Over one hundred friends of Nature Camp gathered together on a beautiful Saturday morning last October, to explore the Blue Ridge Mountains in all of…
Fall Service Weekend 2018 was decidedly unusual. In the week leading up to the scheduled time of September 14-16, Hurricane Florence appeared to be on track to dump about 10...
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This year marks our 5th (yes, already!) annual “sneak-peek” experience for prospective Nature Campers, scheduled as always for the afternoon of the middle Saturday of…
Reprinted from The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, VA. Emma Nicholas, born Jan. 16, 1999, made a deliberate and thoughtful decision to end her life on Wednesday,…