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: |
George Property |
| Category: |
Farmland Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY06 |
| Acres: |
255.3 |
| Locality: |
Fauquier County |
| Management Agency: |
Fauquier County |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$213,500.00 |
| Applicant: |
Fauquier County Purchase of Development Rights Program |
| Latitude: |
38.59061839 |
| Longitude: |
-77.65033 |
| Description: |
A grant award for $213,500 was provided for the preservation of the Rebecca George farm by Fauquier County PDR Program. The farm consists of 255.3 acres and supports two farming operations and families. The owner leases 141 acres to a dairy farmer for growing corn and hay, and he raises beef cattle on the remaining open land and harvests timber from the forested area. Preserving the property will help preserve the Elk Run stream corridor, as there is more than 2/3 of a mile of stream frontage. Elk Run drains into the Cedar Run watershed, which provides public drinking water supplies for the Town of Warrenton and large portions of Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Conserving the property provides a contiguous block of 1,175 acres of permanently protected farmland.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
