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: | East West Creek Farms LLC |
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| Category: | Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY24 |
| Acres: | 720.48 |
| Locality: | Mecklenburg County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Agriculture & Forestry |
| Amount Awarded: | $610,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Latitude: | 36.635176 |
| Longitude: | -78.155982 |
| Description: | Virginia Outdoors Foundation secured VLCF funds for the partial purchase of an open-space easement on a 720.48-acre family farm in Mecklenburg County. The project helps to protect prime soils and statewide important farmland, on land included in ConserveVirginia's Agriculture and Forestry category. The property is part of a larger multi-generational family farming operation, in active production of corn, beans, and tobacco, as well as cattle pasture and hay production. In addition to its agricultural importance, the property contains two miles of frontage on Parham Creek and Flat Creek, which will remain protected with 50-foot forested buffers. The buffers benefit water quality plus serve as wildlife habitat and corridors as indicated in the VA Natural Landscape Assessment Ecological Cores and the proximity (within ~1,300 feet) of an Important Bird Area as designated by the National Audubon Society. The property is also bounded on two sides by permanently protected lands under easement, which will result in a block of 1,417 conserved acres. |
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