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: | Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve Addition – Accokeek Bottomlands II (FY23) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Natural Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY23 |
| Acres: | 222.00 |
| Locality: | Stafford County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Scenic Preservation, Protected Landscapes Resilience |
| Amount Awarded: | $390,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage |
| Latitude: | 38.378527 |
| Longitude: | -77.373206 |
| Description: | DCR’s Natural Heritage Division received $390,000 to support the fee-simple purchase of three key parcel additions to Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve in Stafford County, totaling 222 acres. These tracts enhance DCR’s ability to protect natural heritage resources and key visual and ecological buffers along the main public access corridor into the Preserve and prevent incompatible development. The majority of the property includes forested wetlands and riparian areas along Accokeek Creek and one of the parcels supports the state endangered and federally threatened Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides). All of the parcels are located in one of Virginia’s “essential conservation sites” as well as a mapped “ecological core” with the third highest ranking possible in Virginia. |
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