Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
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: | Pierces Lowgrounds - Meherrin River Conservation Easement (FY22) |
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| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY22 |
| Acres: | 2,860.00 |
| Locality: | Greensville County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Agriculture & Forestry, Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Water Quality Improvement |
| Amount Awarded: | $350,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Outdoors Foundation |
| Latitude: | 36.603175 |
| Longitude: | -77.397439 |
| Description: | Pierces Lowgrounds consists of 2,860 acres of multigenerational family-owned and operated forest and farmland along the Meherrin River in Greensville County. The property contains high conservation value forest with bottomlands, buffers and sloughs in and along the Meherrin River. The open grounds consist of approximately 450 acres of Prime Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance. Additionally, an outstanding ecological core blankets the tract from the river to the road. A VOF open-space easement will protect the sensitive bottomlands, buffers and wildlife habitat along on the Meherrin River, and ensure that future generations may continue to own and manage its forests in perpetuity. |
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