WHFF in the News

A historic home known as the White House that sits on 270 acres of land near the Shenandoah River in Page Co. is getting new life as rehabilitation is... Read more

On June 7, Scott Plein, surrounded by his family, unveiled the Clara B. Plein Memorial Garden at River Farm, named after his late grandmother. The American... Read more

Congratulations, award winners! This past week, the PWCGBC presented Environmental Awards at their 2024 Annual Spring Conference... Read more

His passion for the natural world was sparked at age five in 1963 when he spent hours exploring the woods... Read more

Scott C. Plein, founder of the White House Farm Foundation, was awarded Conservationist of the Year by Prince William Ducks Unlimited. Read more

In 1760, about 30 years before construction began on the White House in the District of Columbia, a Mennonite settler named Martin Kauffman II built... Read more

The owners of the White House Farm, Scott C. Plein and Family, have committed to an interpretive rehabilitation of the historic White House, located on... Read more

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia recently awarded.... Read more

We’d walked nearly two miles and through a handful of habitats, spotting red-winged blackbirds, tree swallows, egrets and evidence of active beavers... Read more

In this podcast episode, WHFF Founder Scott C. Plein and NVCT Executive Director Alan Rowsome discuss the unique role of Leopold's Preserve. Listen here!

My 11th grade history teacher, Mr. David Poole Kite, assigned me the first big research paper I can remember having to write in high school. I typed... Read more