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OUTDOORS: Virginia not hog wild over pig population
For nearly 500 years, a map of feral hog populations in the United States would have looked much the same.
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Fishing report for May 25
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The Outsider: Outdoor calendar
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Dominion RiverRock: Dog-gone good
You can lead a dog to water, but you can't make him jump. That was one of the many lessons learned on the final day of Dominion Riverrock.
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Riverrock schedule
Today's schedule
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Richmond gears up for 2015 bike race
The Virginia Capital Trail will complete a crucial link in an evolving network of trails and shared travel lanes in a city trying to define itself as pedestrian and cycling friendly for an international audience.
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Riverrock has come long way in short time
Organizers of this year's Dominion Riverrock predicted 25,000 to 30,000 visitors for the weekend and 20,000 to 25,000 on Friday alone.
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Red-cockaded woodpecker making comeback at Piney Grove
Beneath a tall loblolly pine, Mike Wilson spreads a blanket on the forest floor. Bryan Watts, his colleague at the Center for Conservation Biology, descends the tree with a small canvas bag, which he hands to Wilson. A crowd gathers in anticipation, cameras ready.
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Dominion Riverrock features events with many positions
Walk onto Brown's Island and soon you will find your feet swinging, your body turning and you might even hang upside down.
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Plenty to see, do at Riverrock
Now in its fourth year, Dominion Riverrock continues to grow and evolve for competitors and spectators alike.
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Fishing report for May 18
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Watch or try biking, paddle boarding or slacklining at Dominion Riverrock
You can test out bikes and boards Friday through Sunday as the fourth annual Dominion Riverrock rolls into town along Richmond's downtown waterfront.
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James: Richmond celebrates bike month with commuter challenge
May is National Bike Month, and the City of Richmond's Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Commission is organizing the city's first Bike Commuter Challenge to introduce Richmonders to the benefits and pleasures of commuting by bicycle. Promoting bicycling for transportation is an especially effective way to encourage a more active lifestyle because it makes physical activity part of everyday routine.
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Outdoors: A chance to cruise Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
It's not often you get to undo a regret. And when the opportunity comes, what does that regret turn into if you don't jump at the chance?
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Richmond area arts and entertainment events
Dominion RiverRock: River-life celebration and adventure sports festival featuring bike, running, kayak and climbing competitions, vendors, music and interactive fun, various times Friday-May 20 at Brown's Island.
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Fishing report for May 11
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OUTDOORS: Vegetation key to big bass in Back Bay
Down here at Back Bay, a seldom-visited corner of Southeastern Virginia, some very small bass have drawn a large and distinguished crowd.
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The Outsider
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Outdoors: Website lets hikers experience trails in new way
Ryan Abrahamsen has a simple idea. It's deceptively simple, which makes it hard at first to see how groundbreaking it could be.
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Mayo Island pushed as stage for cycling championships
Mayo Island has been floated before as a potential stage for the UCI Road World Championships in 2015, even though Richmond officials and the event's sponsors say it's not part of the plan.
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Fishing report for May 4
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OUTDOORS: Spring offers amazing diversity of animal activity
Barreling downhill on a ribbon of Forest Hill Park singletrack the other day, I nearly wrecked trying to avoid a chipmunk. It ran right out in front of me, paused in the middle of the trail, then skittered away.
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Fishing report
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OUTDOORS: Powhatan State Park could open next year
A few months back, stuck in brutal, if typical, I-95 traffic in Northern Virginia, my wife and I decided to take Route 1. At least we would be moving.
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Outdoor concerts: Hot fun in the summertime
On a warm summer evening, you and the family pack up a cool picnic dinner and head out to one of Richmond's historic properties along the scenic James River.
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