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| Name: | Mill Creek Springs Natural Area Preserve Expansion (withdrawn) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Natural Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY23 |
| Acres: | 318.00 |
| Locality: | Montgomery County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Cultural & Historic Preservation, Protected Landscapes Resilience |
| Amount Awarded: | $665,140.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage |
| Latitude: | 37.282415 |
| Longitude: | -80.345390 |
| Description: | DCR’s Natural Heritage Division received $665,140 in funding from VLCF to support fee-simple purchase of a key addition to Mill Creek Springs Natural Area Preserve (MCSNAP) in Montgomery County. This tract, 318 acres, would have enhanced DCR’s ability to protect additional natural heritage resources, key ecological buffers for the existing Preserve, and prevent incompatible development activities that could result from an imminent sale. The property supports karst topography, including sinkholes, cave entrances, and sinking streams that are linked to the significant cave and karst related resources on MCSNAP. The subject parcel also supports the one of Virginia’s best example of the Appalachian Sugar Maple - Chinquapin Oak Dry Calcareous Forest. This project was withdrawn. |
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