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: |
Richardson PDR |
| Category: |
Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY09 |
| Acres: |
268 |
| Locality: |
Northampton County |
| Management Agency: |
Northampton County |
| Owner: |
Local |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$250,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
Northampton County |
| Latitude: |
37.21171951 |
| Longitude: |
-75.943554 |
| Description: |
The grant award of $250,000 to Northampton County funded the purchase of a conservation easement on 268 acres in Northampton County, the first easement purchase made by the Northampton County Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program. This property, which the same family has been farming since 1945, contains 104 acres of prime farmland soils, as well as 82 acres of forested migratory bird habitat and another 82 acres of marsh and wetland habitat. The entire property is in a Natural Heritage Resource Conservation Site, and also provides a forested buffer to more than 10,000 linear feet along Mill Creek and a marsh on Magothy Bay.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
