Founded | 1972 |
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Headquarters | Warrenton, Virginia, United States |
Area served | Local, regional and state |
Key people | Christopher G. Miller (President) |
Website | pecva |
The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) is a Virginia-based non-profit organization headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. PEC's mission is to protect and restore the lands and waters of the Virginia Piedmont, while building stronger, more sustainable communities.
The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States. It is situated between the Atlantic Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmont Province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands physiographic division and consists of the Piedmont Upland, and the Piedmont Lowlands sections.
The Piedmont region of Virginia is a part of the greater Piedmont physiographic region which stretches from the falls of the Potomac, Rappahannock, and James Rivers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The region runs across the middle of the state from north to south, expanding outward to a width of nearly 190 miles at the border with North Carolina. To the north, the region continues from Virginia into central Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania.
Gilberts Corner is an unincorporated area at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 15 in Loudoun County, Virginia, located east of the historic village of Aldie.
Isaban is an unincorporated community located on Fourpole Creek, in McDowell and Mingo counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 356-acre (1.44 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Nelson County, Virginia. The preserve was dedicated in 2006.
Shawver is an unincorporated community in Fayette and Greenbrier counties, West Virginia, United States. Shawver is 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Meadow Bridge.
Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Piedmont is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Matoaka.
Dial is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Dimmock is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Claremont is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Beechwood.
Ranuli Ice Piedmont is the glacier extending 7 nautical miles in south-southeast to north-northwest direction and 3 nautical miles in west-southwest to east-northeast direction on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the east slopes of Barnes Ridge to flow into Rutford Ice Stream to the east-northeast, Young Glacier to the north, and Ellen Glacier to the south.
Lardeya Ice Piedmont is the glacier extending 8.6 nautical miles in north-south direction and 4 nautical miles in east-west direction on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the northeast slopes of Flowers Hills to flow into Rutford Ice Stream to the east-northeast and Ellen Glacier to the north.
Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Piedmont is located 10.4 miles (16.7 km) northeast of Staunton, Virginia and 10.1 miles (16.3 km) north-northwest of Waynesboro, Virginia. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Piedmont between Union forces under Maj. Gen. David Hunter and Confederate forces under William E. Jones was fought on June 5, 1864 just north of Piedmont. During the battle, Jones was killed and Hunter's forces captured nearly 1,000 Confederate prisoners. The Confederate defeat near Piedmont allowed Hunter to easily occupy Staunton the next day, and threatened the Confederacy's security in the Shenandoah Valley as well as on other fronts, since it necessitated the need to detach Early's Second Corps from the main body of the Army of Northern Virginia near Petersburg, Virginia.
Boone was an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Crickmer is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Mulvane was an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Bryce is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Grayden is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Free Union.
Packs Branch is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It was also called O'Neals.
Western Virginia is a geographic region in Virginia comprising the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia. Generally, areas in Virginia located west of, or within, the piedmont region are considered part of western Virginia.