Department of Conservation and Recreation
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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: | Ware Creek Preserve Acquisition |
|---|---|
| Category: | Open Spaces and Parks |
| Grant Round: | FY15 |
| Acres: | 1071 |
| Locality: | New Kent County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Owner: | State |
| ConserveVirginia: | None |
| Amount Awarded: | $100,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Latitude: | 37.4452405 |
| Longitude: | -76.772053 |
| Description: | The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) received a grant award of $100,000 to assist in acquiring and preserving the 1,071-acre Ware Creek Preserve property in New Kent County. This project presents an extraordinary and rare opportunity to protect substantial acreage and a vast wetlands complex in an area of the Commonwealth that is experiencing rapid growth and development. This project contributes to an ongoing initiative to create a matrix of 2,683 acres of contiguous protected land, truly a landscape-scale conservation project. This parcel is now managed as a state Wildlife Management Area (WMA), retaining in perpetuity significant nesting, staging, and wintering habitat for migratory birds, important nursery habitat for fisheries, and habitat for threatened and endangered species. Public access hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, and boating are allowed on the property. |
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