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:	Pedlar Hills Glades NAP Addition (FY15)
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY15
Acres:	130.5
Locality:	Montgomery County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Owner:	State
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$70,000.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Latitude:	37.22782244
Longitude:	-80.230722
Description:	Funding was requested by Department of Conservation and Recreation for the fee-simple purchase of a 130-acre tract to increase the current level of protection for the rare species and natural communities within the Elliston Glades conservation site and at the Pedlar Hills Glades Natural Area Preserve. The Pedlar Hills Glades Natural Area Preserve is near the town of Elliston in Montgomery County and consists of 895 acres acquired by DCR in twelve tracts since 1998. This natural area preserve supports habitat for several rare species and a globally rare natural community known as Ridge and Valley Dolomite Woodland. The protection of the forested condition of the property will contribute to watershed protection for the South Fork Roanoke River which contains the state and federal endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). A goal of this project is to enable DCR to develop public access to the natural area preserve in the future. Developing safe public access at this natural area preserve, while not funded as part of this $70,000.00 grant award, has long been a goal of DCR.
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