NEWS

  • Seven Bends park improvements hinge on replacing aging low-water bridge

    By Ryan Fitzmaurice The Northern Virginia Daily Mar 19, 2025

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  • The River’s Reach: Spring 2025

    By Laura Bennett FNFSR March 20, 2025

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  • Advocates push for dedicated funding to combat algal blooms in Shenandoah River

    By Ryan Fitzmaurice The Northern Virginia Daily Dec 13, 2024

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  • Shenandoah County asked to support environmental center at Seven Bends State Park

    By Ryan Fitzmaurice The Northern Virginia Daily - Nov 27, 2024 Updated Nov 28, 2024

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  • Friends of the North Fork welcomes new staff members

    By Ashley Miller The Northern Virginia Daily - Aug 21, 2024

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  • New Leaders at the Helm

    Checking in with Friends of the North Fork, Sustainability Matters and the Town of Mount Jackson
    July 31, 2024
    BY MARGARET LORENZ AND AMY VOSS-DEVITO

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View fullsize Tomorrow is your LAST chance to enter our Spring Raffle! Miss it, and you’ll have to live with the crushing regret of not winning a handcrafted owl box (and we cannot be held responsible for that emotional damage). Tickets close April 30. Win
View fullsize The river woke up flawless. We woke up five minutes late, mildly feral, and clinging to coffee like it’s a life raft. Stay strong, friends. Photo by David Jeffers #BarelyFloating #CoffeeIsMyLifeJacket #FlawlessButFlailing #WildLikeTheRiver
View fullsize Yesterday, 120+ first graders from Ashby Lee Elementary stormed Seven Bends State Park… and honestly, we’re just proud we made it out with our boots (and sanity) still intact. There was hiking. There was exploring. There were at least
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View fullsize Somewhere on Shenandoah Mountain… This is supposedly a road. It allegedly connects Little Dry River Road to Criders by way of German River Road. But between the potholes, the mud, and the whispering trees warning us to turn back—we said
View fullsize Local river in Mount Jackson caught posing dramatically for no reason. Witnesses say the North Fork has been “serving reflective forest realness” and “giving moody woodland supermodel” since early morning. When asked for com
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View fullsize Four dudes in shades were spotted strutting through Seven Bends State Park —and no, they’re not lost hikers. They’re The Fever Project, and they’re bringing the heat to our very first NORTH FORK FEST! June 14th • 2&nda
View fullsize 🎟️✨ Feeling lucky? Or just like supporting a good cause? Either way—it’s time to ruffle some feathers and buy a raffle ticket! $5 gets you a shot at: 🦉 A handcrafted Screech Owl Nesting Box 🦉 A stunning Barred Owl Nesting Box 🦅 A f
View fullsize Gettin’ muddy with macroinvertebrates! Terry Fogle, longtime FNFSR board member and macroinvertebrate maestro, led a hands-on aquatic adventure for 5th graders at Caroline Furnace Camp—netting bugs, identifying critters, and showing stud