For nearly 500 years, a map of feral hog populations in the United States would have looked much the same.
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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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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.
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.
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.
Walk onto Brown's Island and soon you will find your feet swinging, your body turning and you might even hang upside down.
Now in its fourth year, Dominion Riverrock continues to grow and evolve for competitors and spectators alike.
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You can test out bikes and boards Friday through Sunday as the fourth annual Dominion Riverrock rolls into town along Richmond's downtown waterfront.
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.
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?
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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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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Ryan Abrahamsen has a simple idea. It's deceptively simple, which makes it hard at first to see how groundbreaking it could be.
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.
JAMES/APPOMATTOX/CHICKAHOMINY RIVERS: Lonnie from Castaway (804 706-9100) reports the following catches ...
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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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.
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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