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:	Flowers Easement
Category:	Forestland Preservation
Grant Round:	FY17
Acres:	845.11
Locality:	Southampton County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Owner:	Private
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$250,000.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Latitude:	36.76188762
Longitude:	-77.131578
Description:	Virginia Department of Forestry received a grant award of $250,000 to fund partial purchase of a conservation easement to protect 845 acres of forest and farmland in Southampton County. The property contains over a mile and a half of frontage along the Nottoway River, a State-designated Scenic River. The project contains 690 acres of forestland under active management and 155 acres of land currently in agricultural use. The easement now protects over three miles of watercourses with permanent forested buffers, with 286 acres of predominantly tupelo/cypress wetlands along the river. The property significantly contributes to the corridor of connected, interagency-conserved lands along the river, as it lies within the larger DCR Natural Heritage-designated Nottoway River - Three Creek Stream Conservation Unit, and is immediately downstream of the DGIF Cary's Bridge public boat ramp.