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: |
Oaken Brow (withdrawn) |
| Category: |
Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY06 |
| Acres: |
589 |
| Locality: |
King George County |
| Management Agency: |
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| Owner: |
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| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$600,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
The Nature Conservancy |
| Latitude: |
38.17724842 |
| Longitude: |
-77.138378 |
| Description: |
A grant award of $600,000 was made to The Nature Conservancy for the purchase of an easement at Oaken Brow in King George County, which consists of 589 acres, including 375 acres of highly productive cropland. In addition, 180 acres are wetland forests and marshland. This is a full time, working family farm raising spinach and other high-value vegetables on irrigated land. Preservation of this property is important in preserving vegetated buffers along Gingoteague Creek and the Rappahannock River. This project was withdrawn.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
