Current Issues

From forest management to development tracking, find out what SVN is involved in today.

Since 2005, SVN has provided extensive technical assistance to the Shenandoah Forum citizens group, working with Shenandoah County elected officials and planners to achieve the goals of the county’s excellent comprehensive land use plan: to direct growth to existing towns, retain and preserve prime farm and forest lands, strengthen the agricultural economy and ease the costs of growth borne by local taxpayers.    

County Revising Rural Zoning Reform

George Washington National Forest Plan

The forest comprises 24 percent of the land in Shenandoah County and provides drinking water to 8,452 residents in Strasburg and Woodstock. Officials are currently rewriting the forest management plan, which will guide forest uses for the next 15 years.

Wind Energy

Interest is growing in developing large commercial wind projects in the Shenandoah Valley. Find out where potential sites could be located.

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