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自然保护与休闲部
州长 Glenn Youngkin 宣布向弗吉尼亚土地保护基金会拨款15 . 5万美元，用于保护联邦周围8 . 607英亩的土地。
阿默斯特县
The Conservation Fund - Conservation and Cultural Access in Amherst County | $287,500
Conservation easement to protect 421.3 acres of hardwood forest in Amherst County located atop Bear and Cedar mountains. The Conservation Fund is working with Virginia Outdoors Foundation, property owner Sweet Briar College and the Monacan Indian Nation to implement one of the first cultural access easements in the Commonwealth.
Category: Forestland Preservation
阿默斯特县
Monacan Indian Nation – Preserving Bear Mountain | $1.21 million
Acquisition of 339 acres in Amherst County, the site of the original Bear Mountain Settlement in the 1880s that forms the core of the Monacan Indian Nation community today. The property, with hardwood forest, expands the tribal nation’s lands on Bear Mountain, the home of the Monacan people for more than 10,000 years.
Category: Forestland Preservation
奥古斯塔县
Augusta County - Riverheads School Complex, Adjacent Property | $285,475
Acquisition of 24.6 acres adjacent to the Riverheads school complex for a park to be managed by Augusta County or the Augusta County School Board. Plans include an agricultural and/or outdoor classroom.
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
奥古斯塔县
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation - Shiflett II Tract, Piedmont Battlefield | $508,275
Conservation easement, to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, on 87.7 acres in the Piedmont Battlefield in Augusta County. The property is actively farmed and contains open space pastureland and forests along with ½-mile of frontage on the Middle River. Public access will be allowed year-round.
Category: Historic Area Preservation
克拉克县
Clarke County - Windfield Farm | $200,000
Conservation easement to protect 126.6 acres of farm and forestland at Windfield Farm, with 1/2-mile of frontage along the Shenandoah River in Clarke County. Owned by the same family for more than 44 years, the property contains 10 acres of wetlands and a Native American archaeological site.
Category: Farmland Preservation
库尔佩珀县
The American Battlefield Trust - Calloway Tract at Brandy Station Battlefield | $879,000
Conservation easement, to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, to protect 475.9 acres of Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper County. The property, part of a working farm, features extensive frontage on the Rappahannock River.
Categories: Farmland Preservation, Historic Area Preservation
库尔佩珀县
American Battlefield Trust - Brandy Rock Farm Tract at Brandy Station Battlefield | $636,405
Conservation easement, to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, to protect the 225.8-acre Brandy Rock Farm in Culpeper County. The agricultural property includes 122.3 acres in the study area of the Brandy Station Battlefield and includes forest, wetlands, a pond and streams.
Category: Farmland Preservation
福基尔县
Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve Addition, Highpoint Lane Parcel | $411,000
Acquisition of 5.49 acres to add to Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve in Fauquier County. The expansion helps to protect critical habitat just below the fragile summit ecosystem.
Category: Natural Area Preservation
格雷森县
New River Soil and Water Conservation District - Wilson Hollow, New River Trail Expansion | $550,900
Acquisition of 239 acres of forestland, water resources, and open grassland habitats in Grayson County. The New River Soil and Water Conservation District will manage the site, providing new public access for recreational boating, fishing and wildlife viewing, hiking and nature-based photography.
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
哈利法克斯县
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve, Bournes Addition | $120,000
Acquistion of 23.5 acres adjacent to Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve in Halifax County. Located in one of the most significant essential conservation sites in the state, the property supports dozens of natural resources including habitat for four rare plants.
Category: Natural Area Preservation
亨利科县
Richmond Battlefields Association Inc. - Goodale I and Deane I Tract | $141,700
Conservation easement, to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, on 14.1 acres in Henrico County. The property, which includes 3.7 acres of active farmland and 10.2 acres of forestland, is in the core Deep Bottom II battlefield.
Category: Historic Area Preservation
金和皇后县
Friends of Dragon Run - Closing the Gap: Dragon Run Conservation and Wildlife Corridor | $475,000
Acquisition of 240.6 acres in King and Queen County by the Friends of Dragon Run, in partnership with Chesapeake Conservancy, with an easement held by Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Forest, agricultural, cultural and scenic values in in a high-integrity, high-value watershed will be protected.
Category: Forestland Preservation
梅克伦堡县
Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Parkland Farms | $751,753
Conservation easement to protect Parkland Farms, a 950-acre Century Farm featuring streams and wetlands in Mecklenburg County. The working farm, which produces tobacco, corn and beans and maintains cattle pastureland, is adjacent to another 686-acre Virginia Outdoors Foundation easement.
Category: Farmland Preservation
蒙哥马利县
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Eastern Divide South – Hagan Tract Addition, supplemental funding | $1,074,781
Supplemental funding for acquisition of 104 acres to be added to Eastern Divide Natural Area Preserve in Montgomery County. The underlying karst landscape supports a portion of Virginia's best population of one of the commonwealth’s most imperiled species. The property also supports habitat for a significantly rare species confined to Virginia and contains mature calcareous forests and approximately 1,100 feet of tributaries to the North Fork Roanoke River.
Category: Natural Area Preservation
纳尔逊县
Land Trust of Virginia – Avalon Land LLC | $121,750
Conservation easement protecting 81.3 acres of highly productive, prime farmland in Nelson County, directly across the James River from James River State Park. The property, which holds significant cultural and heritage value, features 3,213 feet of river frontage that will be protected by 100-foot forested buffers.
Category: Farmland Preservation
威廉王子县
American Battlefield Trust - Hylton Tract at Bristoe Station | $1.1 million
Acquisition of 152.2 acres at Bristoe Station Battlefield and a conservation easement to be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. The property, which will have public access in the future, borders Bristow Road and the Norfolk Southern Railway and includes 2,450 feet of streams, 10 acres of wetlands, two ponds and 28 acres of forestland.
Category: Historic Area Preservation
Saltville (Smyth and Washington counties)
Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Henry W. Carneal | $281,150
Conservation easement to protect 563 acres in Saltville. The property includes 350 acres of “outstanding” forest conservation value, and the southern portion lies within the Saltville Battlefield Historic District. The site supports habitat for multiple natural heritage resources; a large portion falls within an ecological core ranked “outstanding.”
Category: Forestland Preservation
斯科特县
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Kane Gap Connectivity Project | $464,000
Acquisition of 250 acres to develop the final section of the Wilderness Road into a hiking and biking trail in Southwest Virginia. The trail, known as The Great Warrior’s Path by Native Americans who used it, would connect the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center at Natural Tunnel State Park to Kane Gap.
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
谢南多厄县
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation - Pappas Tract at Fisher's Hill | $310,316
Conservation easement to protect 110.5 acre containing earthworks constructed during the Civil War, in Shenandoah County. The tract is in the Fisher’s Hill Battlefield and includes portions in the Cedar Creek Battlefield Study Area. The project will make it possible to provide public access to the property, with parking and walking trails.
Category: Historic Area Preservation
南安普敦县
Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Bryant Land Company | $225,000
Conservation easement to protect Bryant Land Company, a 408-acre multi-generational family-owned farm in Southampton County. The easement will ensure the family can continue to grow soybeans, peanuts and cotton crops while protecting the old-growth cypress wetlands on the property.
Categories: Farmland Preservation, Forestland Preservation
南安普敦县
Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Darden Farms | $775,000
Conservation easement to protect 1,052.7 acres at Darden Farms, a Century Farm, in Southampton County. The property includes 630 acres of working forestland, 300 acres of farmland and 8,000 feet of streams.
Category: Forestland Preservation
斯塔福德县
Stafford County - Daniel and Pamela Bell Farm | $111,400
Conservation easement, to be held by Stafford County, to protect 20 acres of the Daniel and Pamela Bell farm through the county’s purchase of development rights program. The property, located along a rural public road, features prime farm soils, soils of statewide importance and wetlands.
Category: Farmland Preservation
萨福克
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - South Quay Sandhills Natural Area Preserve, Phase I Addition, supplemental funding | $1,482,454
Supplemental funding for acquisition of 846 acres of contiguous forest in the Albemarle-Pamlico watershed region. The property will be dedicated as part of Virginia’s natural area preserve system. DCR and The Nature Conservancy sought the additional grant in case an existing federal grant becomes unavailable.
Category: Natural Area Preservation
萨里郡
Virginia Department of Forestry - Threewitts Farm LLC | $450,000
Conservation easement, to be held by Virginia Department of Forestry, on Threewitts Farm, an active Century Farm of 672 acres adjacent to the Dendron Swamp Natural Area Preserve in Surry County. The property includes 450 acres of forestland, 200 acres of farmland, 200 acres of wetlands and 11,000 feet of frontage on the Blackwater River.
Category: Forestland Preservation
苏塞克斯郡
Virginia Department of Forestry - Hunting Quarter Farm | $450,000
Conservation easement to protect Hunting Quarter Farm, a Century Forest in Sussex County located 1 mile from Chub Hill Natural Area Preserve and the state scenic Nottaway River. The property, owned and managed by the great-granddaughter of the original 1890 purchaser, contains 268 acres of active farmland, 386 acres of managed forestland and 219 acres of wetlands.
Category: Forestland Preservation
City of Virginia Beach - Gum Swamp Warren Property | $1.2 million
Acquisition of 26 acres partially within Gum Swamp, one of the headwaters of the Virginia Scenic North Landing River and a mature Cypress-Tupelo swamp forest. The Southeastern Greenway Trail, one of four citywide spines of Virginia Beach's linear park and trail system, is planned for this location. The project will provide daily public access to land- and water-based recreation, wildlife viewing, and education and research opportunities.
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
威斯特摩兰县
The Trust for Public Land - Stratford Hall Historic Preserve | $665,500
Conservation easement to protect 475 acres of the Stratford Hall Historic Preserve located along cliffs high above the Potomac River in Westmoreland County. The Trust for Public Land is working with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and the U.S. Navy for the project, which would expand a contiguous block of 7,200 acres of public and privately conserved lands along 8 miles of the tidal river.
Category: Open Spaces and Parks
怀斯县
The Archaeological Conservancy - Preservation of the Martin Indigenous Archaeological Site | $292,250
Acquisition of 16.3 acres of farmland along the New River in Wythe County, which is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places. The site contains an indigenous village and cemetery dating as far back as the Archaic Period (2,000 B.C.E.) The Archaeological Conservancy is working with DHR, tribal partners and The Conservation Fund to protect this resource for archaeological research and access by members of descendent tribal communities.
Category: Historic Area Preservation
