Department of Conservation and Recreation
Conserve. Protect. Enjoy.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Virginia’s publicly owned lands provide a wealth of natural goods and services in the form of clean air and water, carbon sequestration and flood reduction, benefiting local economies and improving physical health by providing safe outdoor recreation. In 2019, visitors to Virginia State Parks alone spent an estimated $286.2 million in the Commonwealth. Approximately $130.2 million of this spending was by out-of-state visitors, and the total economic activity stimulated by Virginia State Parks during 2019 was approximately $437.7 million.
Protected Landscapes Resilience represents priority areas identified by six public resource agencies as lands and waters around existing protected lands that are important habitats, connections to the landscape, critical to enhance climate resilience, and protect key scenic and recreational values. The Protected Landscapes Resilience category was developed and provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Department of Wildlife Resources, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Forestry, and U.S. Forest Service. The resource areas in the Protected Landscape Resilience category represent a total of 723,017 acres.
| USFS Resilience | YES/NO - USFWS identified resilience lands included |
| USFWS Resilience | YES/NO - USFWS identified resilience lands included |
| State Parks Resilience | YES/NO - State Park identified resilience lands included |
| Natural Heritage Resilience | YES/NO - Natural Heritage identified resilience lands included |
| NPS Resilience | YES/NO - NPS identified resilience lands included |
| DOF Resilience | YES/NO - DOF identified resilience lands included |
| DGIF Resilience | YES/NO - DGIF identified resilience lands included |
| Map Date | Map creation date |
| Deed Requirement | Required protections to meet ConserveVirginia standards |
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