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THE BLOOD MOON IS WHAT YOU SEE!
Rockfish Valley Foundation September newsletter is delayed. HERE IS ITS PLACEHOLDER . Our very significant newsletter is expected to replace this by September 10, 2025.
Here are a few items to interest you in the meantime
PROGRAM Who or what is LEAVE NO TRACE? https://lnt.org/ Come to Camille Trail Head Sept 13 from 9:30 am until 11:30 am. RVF has done an incredible job with enhancement of natives and control of invasives along the ENLIT Loop and RVT system. 50 volunteers from Bold Rock and a bunch from Central Blue Ridge Master Naturalist will work and demonstrate during our biggest work day yet! Come and walk and learn. Remember, RVF never charges but needs your support.
ROCKFISH VALLEY AQUIFER well at SPRUCE CREEK PARK. The people DRINKING water fountain is now complete with 5+ grants! VA Dept of Health approved. See the Barragan Station along the Children’s Nature Trail. Fabulous water from 250 feet into the RVA. DRINK UP! We will study up.
2024 990EZ. This is our IRS tax return. Note at the conclusion, the three most important projects and event events undertaken in 2024.
Link: https://www.rockfishvalley.org/all-form-990
- RVF was founded in 2005. Nelson County Times supports RVF with its wonderful story and photos about our 20th anniversary event. It can be found here ( We need a PDF.) We had two summer interns. Hannah Silverman developed children’s programs for the Rockfish Trails.
The other, Jordanna Silverman researched, interviewed and prepared An Online Historical Exhibit
The other Resources found on the website include:
- 20th anniversary celebration brochure. a brief brochure summarizing the values, mission, and events of the Rockfish Valley Foundation over the past 20 years. Please find the brochure at this link:
https://www.rockfishvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/20th-Anniversary-Celebration-Brochure.pdf
- online interactive exhibit, in booklet form, at this link: https://www.rockfishvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/20-Years-of-RVF-History-of-Nelson-County-and-Elk-Hill.pdf
- a brief brochure summarizing the values, mission, and events of the Rockfish Valley Foundation over the past 20 years at this link: https://www.rockfishvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/20-Years-of-RVF-History-of-Nelson-County-and-Elk-Hill.pdf
- in-depth summary of the events and operations of the Rockfish Valley Foundation over the last 20 years in bullet format at this link: https://www.rockfishvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/20-Year-Bulleted-Summary.pdf
FUND RAISING. Every year we have a Community Fund Drive. The 2026 is launched. The goal is $110,000 plus grants to support the new environmental education committee capacity and it’s collaboration with Nelson County schools, natural history departments of the Commonwealth and everyone who visits us. Every year we raise funds from the community to do our work and pay our staff. In 2024 we succeeded in raising $130,000 from about 340 donations and spent it on such things as ENLIT, Spruce Creek Park and Rockfish Valley Foundation maintenance and major enhancements such as critical improvements at trail access parking,
ENLIT Loop Trail and learning pavilion were dedicated May 2 and a detailed report with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation can be found at
https://www.rockfishvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/Rockfish-News-Advance-EnLit-article.pdf
The forthcoming September newsletter will present stories about our volunteers and some new trail walk opportunities. We celebrate all volunteers but in particular 3 whose Super Volunteers. Commonwealth of Virginia values a donor hour at over $35. The volunteer equivalent for three RVF super volunteers has a combined value of $30,000! Learn more in the newsletter. Thank our three major super volunteers: our treasurer, bookkeeper and a volunteer trails mower man.
PROGRAMS. Future posts will introduce walk/ talks on the ENLI T Loop for you to be exposed to more about our world of water, rocks, plants, animals, culture, and history.
PLEASE DONATE. Don’t forget to donate. The first $50 of your gift goes into a restricted fund for maintenance and repair of our facilities and entitled you to have just created bumper sticker.
OH BY THE WAY: THE BLOOD MOON IS WHAT YOU SEE!
This Sunday night (Sept. 7-8), Earth will pass directly between the sun and the full Corn Moon to trigger the year’s second and final total lunar eclipse.
Spanning more than five hours, the celestial event will peak with an impressive 82-minute totality phase, when Earth’s massive inner shadow will plunge the moon’s entire near side into a reddish darkness — earning it the eerie nickname “blood moon.”
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