To preserve, enhance and celebrate the Blue Ridge Mountains as a valuable resource and treasured space for present and future generations
FBRM Adopts Policy Regarding Mountain Development Overlay District Loudoun County is rewriting its Zoning Ordinance to implement the new Comprehensive Plan. The rewrite includes regulations governing future development in the Mountain Overlay Development District (MDOD). FBRM has formally adopted a policy statement urging a number of steps to strengthen the proposed MDOD regulations. In addition […]
June 11 — Round Hill Appalachian Trail Festival – FBRM is a sponsor Following 2,190 miles of mountain ridge lines, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) crosses 14 states, from Maine to Georgia. It’s the longest and oldest marked footpath in the country—and, here in Round Hill, VA, we’re lucky enough to have the A.T. right in […]
Regional Science Fair Awards Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains was a sponsor of the 2022 Loudoun County Regional Science and Engineering Fair (RSEF) which was held virtually March 11th through the 18th this year. The purpose of the fair, which has been held annually since 1982, is to stimulate student interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), […]
Give Choose Thank you Thank you to all who supported Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains during the 2022 Give Choose Campaign. Friends met our goal of $4,000 during the campaign and won a prize for the most donors during the midnight to 8:00 AM period. We also significantly increased our donor base over 2021 […]
The Give Choose 24-hour virtual marathon is tomorrow – March 29th. Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains depends upon your financial support. For those of you who may be night owls or early birds the Give Choosecampaign has a particular incentive. The organization that receives the most donations between midnight and 8:00 AM Tuesday March […]
Are you an artist – painting, ceramics, poetry, photography, tapestry, music? Has your art drawn inspiration from the mountains? Perhaps a brooding, foggy, winter afternoon on a mountain trail has stirred your gothic soul, or maybe a glowing sunset from Bears Den has shown you new colors. Do the autumn leaves create patterns that you […]
By any measure the wine industry is huge, successful, and growing in Loudoun County. There are approximately 40 wineries and tasting rooms in the County, annual wine production is valued at more than $36 million, and there are in excess of 738 acres devoted to grapes. Certainly, the robust health of the local wine industry […]
Give Choose Campaign There are only a few days left in the 2022 Give Choose Campaign. It ends on Tuesday March 29th. Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains relies upon the generous financial support of those who love and depend upon the Mountains. We ask you to donate through the community Give Choose Campaign to […]
If there were a secret military facility in our Blue Ridge Mountains – which of course there is not – I wonder how many people would work there? Can you imagine if there were hundreds of people living in and around the mountains and working at a hush-hush facility doing all kinds of secret stuff. […]
Have you done any hiking on the Appalachian Trail? Spectacular, isn’t it? Invigorating, life affirming and just plain fun – although the perhaps roller coaster section is a little less fun the more you are carrying. Three facts about the Appalachian Trail: It is 2,190 miles long from Georgia to Maine. There are more miles […]