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March 26, 2026—The 36th annual Environment Virginia Symposium took place at various locations across post this week with attendees from state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and the private sector. The three-day event included a talk from David Bulova, Virginia secretary of natural and historic resources. And the 2026 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award was presented to Becky Gwynn, executive deputy director of Department of Wildlife Resources.—VMI Photos by H. Lockwood McLaughlin and Kelly Nye.

April 12, 2024—The 34th annual Environment Virginia Symposium took place in Marshall Hall this week with attendees from state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and the private sector. The three-day event included a talk from Gov. Glen Youngkin, as well as Virginia's secretary of agriculture and forestry and secretary of natural and historic resources. The 2024 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award was presented to Peggy Sanner, the former Virginia executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.—VMI Photos by H. Lockwood McLaughlin.

March 31, 2023—The 33rd annual Environment Virginia Symposium took place in Marshall Hall this week with nearly 400 attendees from state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and the private sector. The three-day event included panel discussions with directors from the Virginia Departments of Forestry (DoF), Environmental Quality (DEQ), Wildlife Resources (DWR), and Conservation and Recreation (DCR), as well as breakout sessions with other presenters. The 2023 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award was presented to Laura McKay the manager of the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program for the Virginia DEQ.—VMI Photos by H. Lockwood McLaughlin and Kelly Nye.

March 31, 2022—VMI hosts the 32nd annual Environment Virginia Symposium in Marshall Hall this week. The three-day event included regulatory updates from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), panel discussions with directors from the Virginia Department of Forestry, DEQ, and Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, as well as breakout sessions with other presenters. The 2022 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award was presented to Bettina K. Ring, the chief sustainability and diversity officer for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.—VMI Photos by H. Lockwood McLaughlin.