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Featured News
VOF allocates more than $1.5M to increase open space access in 11 localities
February 10, 2017
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At a meeting in Henrico County on February 9, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) board of trustees approved the allocation of more than $1.5 million from its Open Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund to help fund 11 conservation projects that would use open-space easements to incre
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VOF board defers decision on Atlantic Coast Pipeline conversion applications
February 09, 2017
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At a meeting in Henrico County on February 9, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation’s board of trustees voted to defer a decision on applications presented by Dominion to convert open space on 10 easements that lie in the path of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The board a
Continue Reading →VOF receives revised applications for Atlantic Coast Pipeline “conversion” request
January 12, 2017
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Dominion Resources today submitted revised applications for conversion of open space on 10 Virginia Outdoors Foundation easements in Highland, Bath, Augusta and Nelson counties that lie in the path of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The applications will be considered by the VOF
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VOF surpasses 800,000 acres of protected land
January 05, 2017
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The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) capped off its 50th anniversary celebration in 2016 by recording several conservation easements in the last week of December that pushed its portfolio of protected land past the 800,000-acre mark. Altogether, VOF protected about 21,000 new acres
Continue Reading →VOF responds to recent exchange between FERC, ACP
December 06, 2016
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The Virginia Outdoors Foundation yesterday responded to recent exchanges of information between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) related to the possible crossing of 10 VOF easements by the current proposed pipeline route. FERC sough
Continue Reading →- Our love of the farm and its beautiful surroundings has made us come to realize this is a setting that should be preserved for future generations . . .
- We are grateful that previous generations have protected wild places and natural resources for our enjoyment, and we wish to do the same for those who will come after us.
- We hope that many years from now our family will still be able to enjoy the beautiful vistas and wildlife of this relatively unspoiled part of Virginia.
- The heritage of what we give our children is not in the parceling of land . . . but in the beauty and strength of character that the land produces in each of us who have lived on it.
