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: |
Lower Blackwater |
| Category: |
Natural Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY07 |
| Acres: |
415 |
| Locality: |
Southampton County |
| Management Agency: |
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$208,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
The Nature Conservancy |
| Latitude: |
36.58998512 |
| Longitude: |
-76.91419 |
| Description: |
The grant award of $208,000 assisted The Nature Conservancy purchase a 415-acre conservation easement on the Blackwater River, Southampton County. The site is part of a high priority forested core, intersects two B2 sites, contains bald eagle nests, and is part of an unprotected stream-head pocosin (upland marsh).
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
