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Name:	Mount Joy Pond NAP Addition (withdrawn)
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY18
Acres:	85
Locality:	Augusta County
Management Agency:
Owner:
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$316,400.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Latitude:	37.9433532
Longitude:	-79.149693
Description:	DCR's Natural Heritage Program received a grant award of $316,400 to purchase in fee approximately 88 acres in Augusta County as an addition to the Mount Joy Ponds Natural Area Preserve. This project would improve resiliency of one of the world's best examples of a Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond, populations of at least six significantly rare plants (including two federally threatened species), and a population of the state endangered Tiger Salamander. The tract would also protect forests of "high conservation value" and part of a large block of intact forested cover (mapped as one of Virginia's "outstanding ecological cores," along with approximately 4,225 feet of streams. The tract would build connectivity to the adjacent George Washington National Forest, most of which has been designated as "Special Biological Area" in recognition of the biodiversity significance. Protecting the subject tract will provide hydrological and management buffer to support continued fire management on the existing Natural Area Preserve. This project was withdrawn.