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: | Three Creek Capron Phase II (FY23) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY23 |
| Acres: | 382 |
| Locality: | Southampton County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | None |
| Amount Awarded: | $36,054.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: | 36.734031 |
| Longitude: | -77.288778 |
| Description: | The Virginia Department of Forestry received funding in two grant rounds (FY2021 Round II - $200,000; FY2023 - $36,054) to acquire an open-space easement over the Three Creek – Capron project properties to permanently protect riparian forest habitat and ensure continued use of upland acreage for commercial timber management. The 382-acre tract is fully forested with 1.8 miles of stream frontage on Three Creek, the largest blackwater tributary of the Nottoway River. The tract is comprised of roughly 300 acres of forested wetlands and 75 acres of upland pine forest. Forest cover in the expansive Three Creek riparian corridor provides important terrestrial wildlife habitat and helps regulate water flows and water quality critical for aquatic system health of Three Creek and downstream reaches of the Nottoway River. The tract’s forest cover has a Forest Conservation Value ranked as outstanding, and 45 percent of the tract is ranked as class IV (high) Watershed Model Conservation Priority. Over 70 percent of this tract falls in a C3 (high) Ecological Core. |
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