Department of Conservation and Recreation
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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: | Goosepond Easement |
|---|---|
| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY17 |
| Acres: | 957.92 |
| Locality: | Dinwiddie County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | None |
| Amount Awarded: | $125,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: | 37.01066256 |
| Longitude: | -77.546638 |
| Description: | Virginia Department of Forestry requested a grant to support the partial purchase of an open-space easement on 957.92 acres of primarily forested land in Dinwiddie County. The 931 acres that are currently forested are classified by VDOF as having high forest conservation value and are under active management. Seventeen acres are in agricultural use, the majority containing soils classified as Prime Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance. The easement now protects nearly two miles of streams with permanent forested buffers, including approximately 40 acres of wetlands present on the property. DCR Natural Heritage has confirmed the presence of the State-threatened barking tree frog (Hyla gratiosa) and its habitat on the property, which is now protected by establishing heightened habitat protection areas. The project received a grant award of $125,000 and supports the Virginia Outdoors Plan by protecting DCR-NH resources in "the most biologically diverse region along the fall line." |
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