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Keep Virginia Beautiful Awards $1000 grant to Park 
Future site of native pollinator garden (now planted with annual rye grass until fall planting time)
 June 16, 2019
Rappahannock County Park will receive $1000 from Keep Virginia Beautiful's 30 in 30 Green Grant program to purchase plants for the pollinator garden plot cleared of invasives this spring,  Money will be spent on plants which bloom throughout the spring, summer, and early fall and which will provide food sources for native insects, butterflies, bats, birds, and other wildlife. Check out Project-Native Plant Garden- for more information.   Click here to see Keep Virginia Beautiful press release.     
Rush River Conservation Day
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Over 60 adults and children showed up on Saturday, June 8, 2019 for our First Annual Rush River Conservation Day.  The weather was perfect and the fish were biting.  Activities included Fly Tying, Pole and Fly Fishing Instruction, Stream Monitoring and Water Quality Testing, and of course fishing!  

A big thank you to all the sponsors and volunteers who made it happen.
Alan Cole posted on the Rappahannock County Park Facebook page:  "Can't wait for next year!"

​Click  for more in Blue Ridge Independent article and RCRFA Chair Mike Del Grosso's letter to editor thanking all who made this day so successful.


​Frisbee Golf Installed
​...try it out!

June 5, 2019:  New Frisbee Golf course was installed this week and is ready for use.  The 3-hole course is located toward the back of the park and can be played in reverse to make a 6-hole game.  
Park Visitors Enjoy Refurbished Trails and Facilities
Ladies Lunch Bunch explores newly cleared and lined trails.
Newly resurfaced tennis courts and nets
New Display Board in Pavilion. Check for Park news.
Mark Your Calendars
See Upcoming Events page for details.​​
Dark Skies Events: 
​ 7/13, 8/3, 9/28
July 13:  7:30 pm
Lunar talks and viewing.
Click here for detail.

Saturday Park Workdays:
June 22, July 27, August 24 
9AM-12noon

June 22 plan:  Continue to maintain cleared trails, note wanted and unwanted plants showing up, label native plants in garden planted last fall.
Click here for flier.
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​See Projects/ Invasives page for March 9  and April 6 workday photos.
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