On June 15, Riverside Outfitters will open an outpost on Brown's Island that will rent bikes, sit-on-top kayaks and standup paddleboards.
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There's always a lot going on over holiday weekends. So, how about a little holiday hodgepodge?
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.
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.
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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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.
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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