WOMAN ON THE LAND: THE RESTORATION OF POHICK FARM. To read the full story head to the link below.
https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Women-on-the-Land.aspx
Pohick Farm catches you a bit by surprise. Anchored in the classic rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont, you first think, as you turn onto Carrington Road, that a rough patch of forest with an open field and stream is all she is. But then the road carries you down and over a small bridge, wrapping around a hill so steep that the fencing looks like the tracks of a roller coaster, and you see the farm pop open into green sloping pasture. The new fenceline, from a recent John Marshall Soil & Water Conservation District (JMSWCD) project, sweeps upwards to line the forest edge, and the cows appear as happy as cows would. But the land is a different story.
Story by Celia Vuocolo, Photos by Hugh Kenny, The Piedmont Environmental Council