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: |
Wingfield Cosby Tract Acquisition (withdrawn) |
| Category: |
Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: |
FY17 |
| Acres: |
572 |
| Locality: |
Louisa County |
| Management Agency: |
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| Owner: |
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| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$170,412.00 |
| Applicant: |
Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: |
37.91223406 |
| Longitude: |
-77.814223 |
| Description: |
This grant request by Virginia Department of Forestry is to support the fee-simple purchase of 572 acres of forestland in Louisa County as a new State Forest. In addition to providing local outdoor recreational opportunities, the property is located within an hour of the population centers of Richmond, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg. Once initial basic infrastructure improvements are made, the property will be fully available to the public for all forms of outdoor recreation, meeting the "most-needed goals" identified for this area in the Virginia Outdoors Plan. The property is entirely forested, 94% of which is considered high forest conservation value and all of which will be protected as a State Forest. In total, the property contains approximately one mile of streams that flow into the Long Creek-Little River SCU, and will be protected by permanent forested buffers. This project received a grant award of $170,412. This project was withdrawn.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
