VLCF Funded Projects
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: |
Brandy Rock Farm I Tract at Brandy Station Battlefield |
| Category: |
Historic Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY24 |
| Acres: |
100 |
| Locality: |
Culpeper County |
| Management Agency: |
Virginia Board of Historic Resources |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
Cultural & Historic Preservation |
| Amount Awarded: |
$271,660.00 |
| Applicant: |
American Battlefield Trust |
| Latitude: |
38.535746 |
| Longitude: |
-77.889943 |
| Description: |
The Trust seeks to preserve the 100-acre Brandy Rock Farm I Tract in Culpeper County via an open-space easement to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. The Brandy Rock Farm I Tract is unimproved and located entirely within the Core area of the Brandy Station Battlefield, a Priority I.3 (Class B) battlefield as defined by the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields. The Brandy Rock Farm I Tract is part of a larger 539-acre tract that is currently in active agricultural use. The subject property includes 82 acres of open farming area, 9 acres of woods, 0.58 acres of freshwater emergent wetlands, and 1,084 feet of unnamed intermittent streams. Working with the landowner (who will retain fee simple ownership), the Trust will execute and record an easement that maintains the tract's agricultural productivity, preserves its natural and historic resources, and protects the viewsheds of both the Brandy Station Battlefield and the nearby Culpeper Battlefields State Park.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
