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:	Sundance Properties
Category:	Forestland Preservation
Grant Round:	FY13
Acres:	206
Locality:	Rockingham County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Owner:	Private
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$151,750.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Latitude:	38.64647472
Longitude:	-79.057168
Description:	The grant request by Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) was to help fund the purchase of conservation easement on 206 acres of forestland in Rockingham County. Nearly the entire property is covered in working forests, all of which are classified as having high forest conservation value. The property contains approximately 5,600 feet of the Little Dry River (a primary tributary to the North Fork Shenandoah River) and approximately 4,100 linear feet of upper reaches of Sugar Run (a principal tributary of Little Dry River), contributing to the drinking water sources for the downstream communities of Broadway, Timberville, and New Market. Sixteen natural heritage resources have been identified within two miles of the property, including potential endangered wood turtle habitat along the Little Dry River. The property contributes to a large expanse of unbroken forestland in the area, bounded by the George Washington National Forest on three sides, and within one mile of the 1,100-acre Feedstone Hunt Club land protected by a VDOF open-space easement, a 2009 VLCF project. This project received a grant award of $151,750.