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: | Poplar Hollow (FY22) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY22 |
| Acres: | 611.00 |
| Locality: | Shenandoah County and Frederick County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience |
| Amount Awarded: | $300,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: | 39.033448 |
| Longitude: | -78.44302 |
| Description: | The Poplar Hollow property is a 611-acre property in Shenandoah County with 568 acres of High Conservation Value Forest adjacent to Devil’s Backbone State Forest. The Department of Forestry is seeking to place a conservation easement on Poplar Hollow, which is part of an ecological core and is almost entirely within the Cedar Creek Stream Conservation Unit and the Natural Land Network. A DOF easement will ensure permanent conservation of the high quality forest canopy protecting habitat for state-threatened species, provide water quality protections to more than 4,000 feet of perennial streams and maintain an undeveloped buffer for the state forest. Buffering reduces ecological edge effects, in particular helping protect core forests from invasive species, and helping to maintain large blocks of continuous habitat for wildlife species. |
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