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Grants preserve prime property
Virginia Land Conservation Foundation announces grant money for land preservation
Date published: 12/3/2005
By KATIE TELLER The Nature Conservancy now has $600,000 to preserve land on the Oaken Brow property in King George County. The property includes 375 acres of highly productive cropland and 180 acres of wetland forests and marshland. Preservation of this property is important in protecting vegetated buffers along Gingoteague Creek and the Rappahannock River. The money comes from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, a state land conservation board. The foundation announced yesterday the awarding of $9.7 million in the form of 22 grants to different organizations for land conservation projects throughout the state. The grants require at least 50 percent matching funds. The grant money fell into three categories: open space and parks, historic preservation and natural area protection. The Northern Virginia Conservation trust received $500,000 of this money for acquisition of undeveloped wetlands and forests in Crow's Nest. According to the governor's office, other local areas receiving money are: Piedmont Environmental Council, receiving $200,000 for Rappahannock Station Park in Fauquier County. The money will be used to preserve a Civil War battlefield, which will be part of a new park on the Rappahannock River. Civil War Preservation Trust, receiving $500,000 to purchase 134 acres of land at the Chancellorsville Battlefield in Spotsylvania County known as Lick Run. The land was slated for commercial development. Brandy Station Foundation, receiving $75,000 to buy eight acres of land buffering Kelly's Ford Battlefield Overlook, between Fauquier and Culpeper counties. The land was advertised for residential development. Fauquier County PDR Program, receiving $213,500 to purchase an easement on Rebecca George Farm. It would preserve nearly a mile of stream frontage on Elk Run. The Trust for Public Land, receiving $252,710 for the Portabago Creek Easement, a conservation easement adjacent to Fort A.P. Hill. The easement would conserve 1,200 acres of coastal plain hardwoods and loblolly pine. To reach KATIE TELLER:
Date published: 12/3/2005
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