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: | Southampton 900 (FY24) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY24 |
| Acres: | 900 |
| Locality: | Southampton County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Scenic Preservation, Water Quality Improvement |
| Amount Awarded: | $164,450.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: | 36.747289 |
| Longitude: | -76.913031 |
| Description: | The Southampton 900 tract makes up 900 acres of a larger 1,200 privately-owned property. The property has approximately 371 acres of riverfront wetlands and 3.57 miles of State Scenic Blackwater River frontage. The Department of Forestry received a VLCF grant to conserve the property’s working forestlands. The bottomland forests along the Blackwater River are within areas designated by DCR's Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment (VaNLA) as ecological cores ranked C2 (Very High), with other forested areas on the property designated as C4 (Moderate) and C5 (General). ConserveVirginia indicates that the Blackwater River, Cattail Swamp, Black Creek, and Cypress Swamp and unnamed tributaries are important for Natural Habitat and Ecosystem Diversity, Water Quality Improvement, Scenic Preservation, and Floodplains and Flooding Resilience. The easement will require 100-foot forested buffers along the main stem of the river. |
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