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Apr 9 Catch a glimpse of migrating hummingbirds in Richmond (Patrick Sidwell, Elise Steele, RICToday) -- Spring approaches, and our feathery friends will be… Apr 9 Closed 4-years, Texas Beach bridge to reopen by end of 2026 (Maggie Glass, WWBT) -The Texas Beach pedestrian bridge will reopen by the end of… Mar 19 Maymont's Virginia Wildlife Trail' To Re-Open May 2nd MAYMONT FOUNDATION -- After two years of enhancements, Maymont’s beloved Virginia Wildlife Trail is… Mar 16 Richmond to clean up debris under T. Tyler Potterfield Bridge as part of sewage leak agreement (WTVR) -- Richmond's Department of Public Utilities has been fined $48,203.19 by the state… Mar 15 A Wild Ride - Richmond’s mountain biking community has shaped the city’s outdoorsy culture RICHMOND MAGAZINE -- On any given day, the North Bank Trail is thronged with… Mar 6 Richmond Falcon Cam returns for 2026 season WRIC — Good news, falcon fans, the Richmond Falcon Cam has returned for the…

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Foushee Mill

Texas Beach parking lot, North Bank Trail · Nature & Ruins

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The Violet Bank Cucumber Tree

This is a cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata), believed to have been planted around 1718. It was already growing here when this was still frontier land…

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The Richmond Gun Hole

A section of sidewalk in the Fan. Clean. Replaced. Nothing unusual unless you know what used to be there. For years, there was a handgun-shaped…

Nature & Ruins

The Remarkable Trees of Maymont

They don’t look famous. They just look… big. Bigger than everything around them. Older than they should be. Planted like they were meant to last…

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