Department of Conservation and Recreation
Conserve. Protect. Enjoy.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
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: | Farmland Protection along the Rapidan River |
|---|---|
| Category: | Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY17 |
| Acres: | 382 |
| Locality: | Orange County |
| Management Agency: | Piedmont Environmental Council/Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | None |
| Amount Awarded: | $250,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Piedmont Environmental Council |
| Latitude: | 38.34331912 |
| Longitude: | -77.990801 |
| Description: | Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) received a grant award of $250,000 to partially fund purchase of a conservation easement on Glenmary Farm, a 382-acre grain, turkey, and beef farm that includes 166 acres of prime or statewide important soils and 80 acres of forest located in Orange County. The project is a Natural Resources Conservation Service Agricultural Land Easement co-held by PEC and the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District. Protection of this property enhances water quality with approximately 2.4 miles of permanent vegetated riparian buffers along the Rapidan and several tributaries, conserves the scenic rural context of the Mount Pleasant/Lessland, an historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and Clark Mountain, a strategic signal post and command headquarters used during the Civil War; and provides visual access to the property from 1.4 miles of frontage along Rapidan River and State Route 636. The property is contiguous with a block of over 3,200 acres of previously conserved land along the Rapidan River as it sweeps around the base of Clark Mountain. |
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