Rockbridge Conservation (RACC)
OUR MISSION is to promote and enhance the protection, sustainable use, and stewardship of our community’s natural and cultural resources.
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Annual Community Cleanup!
Saturday, March 23 to Sunday, March 31
For over three decades, Rockbridge Conservation has been spearheading the Annual Community Cleanup in Rockbridge County! We partner with local organizations and governments and hundreds of volunteers to remove trash from our county’s roads and streams.
Rockbridge Conservation, Rockbridge County and VDOT are enlisting the efforts of organizations and groups, students, families, and individual volunteers to help beautify our Rockbridge home.
Sign up to participate in the 2024 clean-up! Groups or individuals are welcome!
Septic and Well Assistance Program underway!
Applications needed by April 30th
Rockbridge Conservation has received a grant from Virginia Department of Health – Division of Environmental Health to administer a local Septic and Well Assistance Program for the Rockbridge Area. Applications are being accepted through April 30, 2024. In order to be eligible applicant must i) own the home and the land it sits on, ii) have a household income of 200% or less of the federal poverty guidelines, iii) need assistance for a project from the eligible list below, and iv) the proposed septic or private well system improvements must comply with current regulatory standards. No funds will be provided directly to homeowners. Homeowners will be eligible to have their failing septic or private drinking water repaired or replaced. The program will assist property owners to repair failing septic systems, replace straight pipes and replace pit-privies. Replacement can include connection to public sewer or replacement with a system authorized through a VDH issued repair permit. The program will also assist property owners in addressing inadequate private drinking water supplies (wells, cisterns and springs) and properly abandoning unused wells and connecting to public water supplies.
Learn more on our SWAP page