VLCF Funded Projects
Virginia’s working farms and forests, battlefields and other historic sites, natural areas, parks and rivers are critical to its economy, culture and quality of life. In 1999, the assembly and governor established the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) to fund protection of these resources. The interactive map below depicts VLCF-grant projects funded since 2000.
| Name: |
Port Tobacco |
| Category: |
Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY05 |
| Acres: |
1802 |
| Locality: |
Essex County |
| Management Agency: |
Virginia Outdoors Foundation/The Nature Conservancy |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$258,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Latitude: |
38.13768722 |
| Longitude: |
-77.09942 |
| Description: |
A $258,000 grant was awarded to Virginia Outdoors Foundation to place an easement on the Baylor Family Farm (Port Tobacco Farm) in Essex County consisting of 1,802 acres, including 940 acres of prime (soil) farm land, 340 acres of riparian mixed hardwood forest and 500 acres of wetlands. This farm has been under the same ownership since the 1600s and includes 5.3 miles of frontage on the tidal Rappahannock and two miles of frontage on tributaries to the Rappahannock. A Chesapeake Bay Soil and Water Conservation Plan has been implemented on the property and over 50 acres are currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. The property contains and supports a wide variety of habitat types and wildlife species and the preservation of this property will protect two threatened and endangered species, the bald eagle and sensitive joint vetch.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
