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:	Antioch Pines NAP Addition
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY18
Acres:	140
Locality:	Isle of Wight County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Owner:	State
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$419,900.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Latitude:	36.83272144
Longitude:	-76.840629
Description:	DCR's Natural Heritage Program utilized a grant award of $419,900 to purchase approximately 140 acres in Isle of Wight County adjacent to the Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve. The property shares a long common boundary with the existing Preserve and is especially important as a "smoke buffer" to support the active controlled burn program on the existing preserve. Forested areas present on the tract are considered "very high" value by the Virginia Department of Forestry's Forest Economics Model, and include high priority area for longleaf pine restoration. The property has approximately 8,549 feet of streams, and 13 acres of wetlands and supports common wildlife game species, and provides habitat for declining species, such as Northern Bobwhite.