The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) was established by the Virginia legislature in 1966 “to promote the preservation of open-space lands and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land or other property to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, scientific, open-space and recreational areas of the Commonwealth.” Today, VOF protects more than 850,000 acres in 111 counties and independent cities, making it one of the largest land conservation organizations in the nation.