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: | Kevin Jones Farm (FY22) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY22 |
| Acres: | 70.00 |
| Locality: | Stafford County |
| Management Agency: | Stafford County |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | None |
| Amount Awarded: | $120,250.00 |
| Applicant: | Stafford County |
| Latitude: | 38.275667 |
| Longitude: | -77.408921 |
| Description: | Stafford County is conserving the Kevin Jones Farm, which intersects both the Cultural & Historic Preservation and the Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Diversity categories of ConserveVirginia. The 70-acre farm produces crops and livestock and is located along Forest Land Road, a scenic, rural road. The conservation easement is held by the county under its Purchase of Development Rights Program and will protect 36 acres of prime farm soils and soils of statewide importance; 15 acres of forestland; and environmental features including 2,430 feet of a forested perennial stream and five acres of high quality wetlands. The easement will also protect a DCR ecological core and an element occurrence of a threatened and endangered species, as well as historic Civil War trenches. The property is adjacent to other conserved lands. |
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