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Combining Partnerships with Recycled Material for Creative (and Sometimes Edible) Results
October 8, 2019
At Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, the installation built a pollinator garden to promote bee colony health. This garden likely supports other desired co-benefits as well, like water quality improvement and preservation of green space.
Last refuges for declining, rare, endangered species
May 24, 2017
Karen Terwilliger, a local environmental expert, looks out to brackish water shores ideal for Diamondback Terrapin Turtle reproduction at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 10, 2017. Langley Air Force Base has restored 3,000 linear feet of its shoreline and plans to restore an additional 329 feet this year, providing natural flood prevention, and an added benefit of more area for the turtles to lay eggs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)
Connecting with veterans through unique therapy
March 17, 2017
Members assigned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., help maintain garden plots at the Hampton Veteran Affairs Medical Center’s horticultural therapy gardens in Hampton, Va., Oct. 22, 2016. Volunteers help maintain the rehabilitative gardens by rebuilding structures, laying mulch and picking weeds, in addition to interacting with the veterans. (Courtesy photo)