Department of Conservation and Recreation
Conserve. Protect. Enjoy.
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 - Crow's Nest Harbor Partnership Phase 1 |
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| Category: | Natural Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY25 |
| Acres: | 262.00 |
| Locality: | Stafford County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Protected Landscapes Resilience |
| Amount Awarded: | $153,500.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage |
| Latitude: | 38.368109 |
| Longitude: | -77.357455 |
| Description: | The Department of Conservation and Recreation's Natural Heritage Division (DCR-DNH) was awarded a grant to protect 262 acres at Crow's Nest NAP with the help of Stafford County and the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT). By acquiring over 101 individual previously subdivided parcels, this project will continue building on one of VLCF's most applauded conservation success stories and long-standing partnerships. This project will further protect one of Virginia's essential conservation sites. By acquiring key inholdings within the site this project will improve the long-term resilience of one of the state's largest and best examples of Northern Coastal Plain/Piedmont Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest, one of northern Virginia's most significant ecological cores, and protect significant previous financial investments in the NAP by numerous partners. Both Stafford and NVCT have acquired these key inholdings with the intention of transfer to DCR as part of the Preserve. Upon transfer and conservation of these properties, DCR-DNH will expand public access at CNNAP, which is already the Commonwealth's most visited preserve, via new hiking trails and a new parking area. |
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