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:	Pedlar Hills NAP Addition (FY18)
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY18
Acres:	2
Locality:	Montgomery County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Owner:	State
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$53,500.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Latitude:	37.21319611
Longitude:	-80.237529
Description:	DCR's Natural Heritage Program received a grant award of $53,500 to acquire this two-acre parcel along the South Fork Roanoke River adjacent to Pedlar Hills Natural Area Preserve in Montgomery County. Although small, the subject property is within a mapped Conservation Site, which has the highest possible biodiversity ranking in Virginia and is expected to support long term resiliency of the already protected and highly significant lands. The tract is directly adjacent to the existing Preserve, lying just below a significant mapped occurrence of a globally rare "Ridge and Valley Dolomite Glade", and will extend resource protection to the banks of the river. This project helps DCR accomplish the legislative mandate outlined in the Virginia Natural Area Preserves Act.