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: |
Ditchley Farm |
| Category: |
Open Spaces and Parks |
| Grant Round: |
FY16 |
| Acres: |
162.31 |
| Locality: |
Northumberland County |
| Management Agency: |
Northern Neck Land Conservancy/Northumberland County |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$200,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Latitude: |
37.73558105 |
| Longitude: |
-76.336172 |
| Description: |
Funding was awarded to assist in the purchase of a conservation easement on a 162-acre historic waterfront property near Kilmarnock with multiple conservation values, including significant agricultural, historic, and recreational features. A Northern Neck Land Conservancy easement now ensures public access to tidal shoreline areas and the Chesapeake Bay, and permanently protects the property from intensive residential and commercial development. Project objectives included providing recreational access to Dividing Creek, directly across from the Hughlett Point State Natural Area Preserve, and two miles from the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay, in an area where public access opportunities are scarce. A second canoe/kayak access site will be developed on Prentice Creek. The easement also protects 117 acres of USDA-designated prime agricultural soil. Ditchley is a productive farm that has been in continuous cultivation for 400 years. This project received a grant award of $200,000.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
