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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: | Southampton 900 (FY25) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Forestland Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY25 |
| Acres: | 900.00 |
| Locality: | Southampton County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Scenic Preservation, Water Quality Improvement |
| Amount Awarded: | $340,000.00 |
| Applicant: | Virginia Department of Forestry |
| Latitude: | 36.747304 |
| Longitude: | -76.913033 |
| Description: | The Department of Forestry was awarded grant funds for Southampton 900, a 900-acre parcel in Southampton County with approximately 371 acres of riverfront wetlands and 3.57 miles of State Scenic Blackwater River frontage. The property contains valuable working forestlands and bottomland forests along the Blackwater River within areas designated by DCR's Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment (VaNLA) as ecological cores ranked C2 (Very High). This same area is also designated as a VaNLA corridor and part of the Natural Land Network. Additionally, other forested areas on the property are designated as C4 (Moderate) and C5 (General) indicating these portions of the property are likely to be ecologically intact, and thus support several habitat and ecosystem functions. This project received a grant from VLCF in FY24 for $164,450. |
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