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Hull Springs Farm, Longwood University

Mary Farley Ames LeeMary Farley Ames Lee, a 1938 Longwood graduate, bequeathed to the University Hull Springs Farm, a 662 acre site in Westmoreland County that is situated between two tributaries to the Potomac River and just a short distance from the Chesapeake Bay.

The property has approximately 8400 feet of shoreline along Glebe and Aimes Creeks.

Hybrid Courses Offered Two courses will be offered in June and July 2012 that will meld web-based learning with a week at Hull Springs. Writing: Theory & Practice for the Elementary Classroom will meet at Hull Springs from June 11 to 15, and will then be web-based from June 18 to July 13. SOLstice: Summer of Learning – Science Teachers Investigating the Chesapeake Environment will be web-based June 11-15, and then at Hull Springs from June 17 to 22. SOLstice will finish with a week on Longwood University's campus in Farmville, VA from June 25-30. This unique and exciting Chesapeake Bay Academy will bring together university faculty, practicing teachers, and pre-service science teachers to work collaboratively as “teacher-researchers.” Taught by Longwood University faculty in conjunction with Clean Virginia Waterways, Longwood University's Hull Springs and other partners. Courses can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credits. Learn more.

Hull Springs Farm featured in "A Sustainable Chesapeake" Book
A Sustainable Chesapeake: Better Models for Conservation provides an important conservation resource for individuals, organizations, governments and businesses across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This new book profiles promising conservation practices and technologies and describes the protection of critical land and water resources. The work at Hull Springs Farm is one of 31 case studies that feature the work of government and private organizations and conservation leaders throughout the Bay watershed. The book was developed by David Burke, an experienced conservation planner (and long time partner of HSF), and Joel Dunn, Program Coordinator of The Conservation Fund’s Sustainable Chesapeake initiative. Download your copy of A Sustainable Chesapeake here. For just the chapter about Hull Springs Farm, click here.

Living Shorelines Workshops at Hull Springs Farm
 On April 9 & 10, 2010, Longwood University’s Hull Springs Farm in conjunction with the Center for Coastal Resources Management (part of the Virginia Institute for Marine Science) presented two Living Shorelines workshops on the Hull Springs Farm property in Westmoreland County, VA. Click here for presentations from these workshops.

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