December 2018 Message from John Eckman, Executive Director. The next time you see me near Woodstock, I expect to be in a canoe, relaxing. At the end of 2018 I’m stepping aside as Executive Director at Friends of the North Fork.…
Stop by on December 7th from 5pm to 8pm for our Open House at the Friends office, 305 West Court St. in downtown Woodstock. This is a fun, casual opportunity to meet other river-loving folks, friends, and neighbors.
We are excited to hear the latest updates on fascinating research being done in the North Fork and elsewhere in the Shenandoah watershed. Friends has been working on issues of chemical pollution for many years. You can learn more about…
Annual Fish Fry and Auction NOTE: There aren't real tickets. We'll have your name on the list at the door. Bid on services, sporting goods, vacations, art work, meals, and much more. Click here to see a sample of auction…
Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River presents the Seven Bends Lecture Series Free and Open to the Public Hormone Confusion: the Fish, the Water, and You Anne Henriksen, PhD Sunday, April 9th, 2pm St. Paul's Heritage Center…
We are proud to be in the company of many great organizations named as "Water's Unsung Heros" by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine in their June 2016 issue. Blue Ridge Outdoors says: These organizations work hard in the field and in…
Let's get together! Annual Membership Meeting and River Update Saturday, April 2, 2016, 10am-12pm Woodstock Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall 142 East Court Street, Woodstock, Virginia Join us for a light breakfast buffet, our North Fork update, and a special guest speaker. …
It's that day again. The news has been promoting recycling and running stories about the environment. Businesses are touting their efforts to go green. And we want to remind you that every bit of that effort is worth trying. Not…
Harrisonburg has decided to keep it clean--their stormwater that is. By passing an innovative Stormwater Utility Fee on February 24th, the City of Harrisonburg joins several others in Virginia implementing fees on the amount of pavement, roofs, and other impervious…
On October 25th, Friends members joined with employees of Virginia Eagle Distributing in Winchester to clean up sites along the river from Strasburg to Quicksburg. Again on November 8th, our hardy corps of volunteers had a lot of help from…