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Home » Land Conservation » VLCF Funded Projects

Virginia Land Conservation Foundation

FY2023 Approved Projects

Albemarle County

Requesting organization: City of Charlottesville
Project name: Moores Creek Land Acquisition
Amount: $175,000
Acres: 8.6
Category: Open Spaces and Parks

Augusta County

Requesting organization: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Project name: Shiflett Tract at Piedmont Battlefield
Amount: $253,433
Acres: 141.39
Category: Historic Area

Buchanan County

Requesting organization: The Nature Conservancy
Project name: Gent Branch – Elk Conservation Area
Amount: $71,937
Acres: 179
Category: Open Spaces and Parks

Caroline County

Requesting organization: Meadowview Biological Research Station
Project name: Caroline Diamonds - The Oak Barrens at Barrel Springs II
Amount: $131,935
Acres: 96
Category: Forest

Charlotte and Campbell Counties

Requesting organization: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation
Project name: Red Hill
Amount: $602,830
Acres: 596
Category: Open Spaces and Parks

Charlotte County

Requesting organization: The Conservation Fund
Project name: Roanoke River Working Forest II
Amount: $395,000
Acres: 1347
Category: Forest

City of Chesapeake

Requesting organization: Department of Wildlife Resources
Project name: Securing Conservation Corridors in the “Green Sea”
Amount: $281,219
Acres: 244
Category: Forest

City of Danville

Requesting organization: City of Danville, Parks and Recreation Department
Project name: Memorial Drive Recreation Area
Amount: $500,000
Acres: 6.87
Category: Open Spaces and Parks

City of Fredericksburg

Requesting organization: Downtown Greens Inc.
Project name: Downtown Greens Expansion Project
Amount: $400,000
Acres: 56
Category: Farmland

City of Richmond

Requesting organization: Capital Region Land Conservancy
Project name: Mayo Island
Amount: $1,500,000
Acres: 14.5
Category: Open Spaces and Parks

Clarke County

Requesting organization: Clarke County
Project name: Newfound Farm
Amount: $100,150
Acres: 59
Category: Forest

Culpeper County

Requesting organization: Piedmont Environmental Council
Project name: Farmland Protection along Brook Run
Amount: $500,000
Acres: 698
Category: Farmland
Requesting organization: American Battlefield Trust
Project name: Proctor Tract at Cedar Mountain Battlefield
Amount: $217,835
Acres: 7.36
Category: Historic Area

Dinwiddie County

Requesting organization: American Battlefield Trust
Project name: Amelia & Associates LLC Tract at Boydton Plank Road Battlefield
Amount: $121,982
Acres: 11.72
Category: Historic Area

Floyd County

Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Camp Branch Wetlands Natural Area Preserve
Amount: $365,000
Acres: 56
Category: Natural Area

Grayson County

Requesting organization: New River Soil and Water Conservation District
Project name: New River Hill Park
Amount: $156,350
Acres: 82
Categories: Forest; Open Spaces and Parks

Greensville County

Requesting organization: Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Project name: Pierces Lowgrounds, Meherrin River Conservation Easement II
Amount: $300,000
Acres: 2860
Categories: Farmland; Forest
Requesting organization: Department of Forestry
Project name: Taylors Mill Farm
Amount: $450,000
Acres: 1,145
Categories: Forest; Farmland

Henrico County

Requesting organization: Capital Region Land Conservancy
Project name: Haskins Farm at New Market Heights
Amount: $600,000
Acres: 50
Category: Historic Area
Requesting organization: Capital Region Land Conservancy
Project name: 5270 New Market Road
Amount: $588,250
Acres: 40
Category: Historic Area
Requesting organization: American Battlefield Trust
Project name: Carter Tract at Seven Pines Battlefield
Amount: $183,745
Acres: 11.78
Category: Historic Area

King William County

Requesting organization: Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
Project name: Cons. of Ancestral Lands – Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe’s Return to River
Amount: $310,000
Acres: 866
Category: Forest

Montgomery County

Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Mill Creek Springs Natural Area Preserve Expansion
Amount: $665,140
Acres: 318
Category: Natural Area
Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Ellett Escarpment Natural Area Preserve
Amount: $293,500
Acres: 33.46
Category: Natural Area

Orange County

Requesting organization: Piedmont Environmental Council
Project name: Farmland Protection West of Gordonsville
Amount: $237,500
Acres: 360.44
Category: Farmland

Prince William County

Requesting organization: American Battlefield Trust
Project name: Mauller Tract at Second Manassas Battlefield
Amount: $253,439
Acres: 3.11
Category: Historic Area
Requesting organizations: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division / Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Project name: Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve Addition - Eastern Overlook
Amount: $500,000
Acres: 10.13
Category: Natural Area

Rappahannock County

Requesting organization: Piedmont Environmental Council
Project name: Protection of Thornridge Farm
Amount: $160,000
Acres: 203.32
Category: Farmland

Richmond County

Requesting organization: Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia
Project name: Rappahannock Tribe's Return to the River, Phase II
Amount: $500,000
Acres: 703.09
Category: Forest

Rockingham County

Requesting organization: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Project name: Edwards Tract at Port Republic Battlefield
Amount: $172,058
Acres: 107.35
Category: Historic Area
Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Brocks Gap Natural Area Preserve
Amount: $670,000
Acres: 244
Category: Natural Area
Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Deep Run Ponds Natural Area Preserve – Battlefield Addition tract
Amount: $453,800
Acres: 110
Category: Natural Area

Shenandoah County

Requesting organization: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Project name: Woodworth Cottage
Amount: $135,000
Acres: 0.26
Category: Historic Area
Requesting organization: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Project name: French Tract at Fisher’s Hill Battlefield
Amount: $474,258
Acres: 146.09
Category: Historic Area

Southampton and Sussex Counties

Requesting organization: Department of Forestry
Project name: Hornet Swamp
Amount: $400,000
Acres: 615
Categories: Farmland; Forest

Southampton County

Requesting organization: Department of Forestry
Project name: Three Creek Capron Phase II
Amount: $36,054
Acres: 376
Category: Forest

Spotsylvania County

Requesting organization: Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Project name: Harris Farm
Amount: $400,000
Acres: 327
Category: Farmland

Stafford County

Requesting organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division
Project name: Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve Addition – Accokeek Bottomlands II
Amount: $390,000
Acres: 222
Category: Natural Area

Sussex County

Requesting organization: The Conservation Fund
Project name: Nottoway River Wildlife and Recreation Area II
Amount: $450,000
Acres: 1597
Category: Forest

Westmoreland County

Requesting organization: Department of Wildlife Resources
Project name: Coles Point Boating Access
Amount: $532,025
Acres: 2.6
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
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