The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.

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Scott Flood, president of Friends of Buckingham, speaking at our 10th anniversary celebration.

 

USS Site Under Active Development in Southside Virginia (image from DEQ/AEP)

Utility-Scale Solar in Spotsylvania County, VA
(Photo by Hugh Kenny. The Piedmont Environmental Council)

Solar energy must not come at the expense of nature or communities. But that is what is happening in Buckingham and across Virginia as industrial solar projects replace our forests and working lands.

  • Deforestation and bulldozing that forever changes the land.
  • Wildlife destroyed and habitats lost.
  • Waterways harmed.
  • Erosion and sediment to wetlands and waterways.
  • Largest land-use change ever.
  • Enormous industrial projects inserted into rural communities.
  • Forestry and forestry dependent jobs lost.

We must change course. We must save our forests and working lands by putting large-scale solar projects in the built-world. Places like parking lots, rooftops, brownfields, and already developed lands. Read more about the solar issues of our times.

Celebration 10 Years of Successes


The Friends of Buckingham

10-year anniversary celebration and annual meeting

 November 16, 2025

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Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

After more than seven years fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, we WON!

Read about our successful efforts to protect the natural wonders of Virginia.

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Chris Landry’s documentary, Not On This Land, focuses on bout the remarkable people who stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built.

Ben Price presents to the Buckingham Board of Supervisors 11/15/22: Adopt both a rights-based ordinance to protect our freedom from toxic trespass and a land-use ordinance. Start at 16:50. Stay on for our awesome public comments.

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