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VOF projects receive 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
Historic home of Patrick Henry, Virginia’s first governor, protected in Charlotte County, and nearly 3,000 acres of critical habitat protected in Greensville County.
With support from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, VOF and Enviva partnered to conserve key habitat along the Meherrin River.
880,000
acres in Virginia protected.
4,000
miles of rivers and streams.
150
miles of hiking and biking trails.
2
acres conserved every hour since 1966.
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Historic home of Patrick Henry, Virginia’s first governor, protected in Charlotte County, and nearly 3,000 acres of critical habitat protected in Greensville County.
Wildlife cameras on public and private lands will be used to determine the gray fox population status in Virginia.
High-qualify forest and wetland habitat are the key resources protected by the VOF easement. In a landmark conservation effort, 2,808 acres of Pierce’s Low Grounds in Greensville County have been
Virginia’s grassland habitats have suffered immense losses since European colonization. Some landowners are trying to reverse the trend.
VOF, the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, and Downtown Greens, Inc. are partnering to protect one of the last parcels of working farmland in the City of Fredericksburg.
The Town of Montross has its first-ever park thanks to the efforts of the community and a Get Outdoors grant from VOF.
On Anathallo Acres, owner Alex Moore’s land ethic and business sense are helping the farm “flourish anew.”
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation has released the 2022 Community Impact report showcasing its work at the Bull Run Mountains Preserve. You may download a PDF copy of the report here.
Back in 2020, we here at the preserve put out our first report to share in one place all the fantastic projects, people, and pictures for the year. We are
2021-22 Natural Science Fellow Lauren Fuchs has been hard at work sampling the skin microbiomes of BRMNAP’s resident snakes. We will be sharing the full results of her ambitious study