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:	Jack Mountain Tracts
Category:	Forestland Preservation
Grant Round:	FY18
Acres:	1658
Locality:	Highland County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Owner:	Private
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$225,000.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Forestry
Latitude:	38.41918442
Longitude:	-79.494914
Description:	This grant award of $225,000 helped the Virginia Department of Forestry fund the partial purchase of an open space easement to protect 1,658 acres of forestland in Highland County that occupy the upper slopes and four miles of summit along Jack Mountain. The property contains 1,600 acres of forestland, a majority of which is considered high forest conservation value, and more than 31,000 feet of intermittent streams that flow directly into the Bullpasture River. The easement requires permanent riparian buffers on all of the watercourses and it establishes a large habitat protection area that permanently safeguards eight significant natural heritage resources, including two G2/S1 element occurrences and stands of red spruce (Picea rubens) a diminished tree species in Virginia. The easement protects miles of highly visible and undeveloped mountaintop and slopes, a substantial open space resource that is visible for miles around, including from State Route 617, a County-designated scenic route.