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Virginia Conservation Lands Statistics

Virginia Conservation Lands Sample Summaries:
Of the estimated total land area of Virginia, 25.27 million acres, over 3 million acres or 13.4% is "currently protected". June 2006
GROUP ACRES CONSERVED PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
Federal 2,440,524.03 71.87%
State 729,737.45 21.49%
Local 117,263.06 3.45%
Private 108,093.34 3.18%
TOTALS: 3,395,617.88 100.00%

 

Chesapeake Bay 2000 Goal of protecting 20% of the lands in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed by 2010
JURISDICTION WATERSHED(ACRES) PROTECTED (ACRES) PROTECTED(%) REMAINING TARGET ACRES
Maryland 6,208,025 1,285,308 20.70 -43,703.00
Virginia 13,831,890 2,457,926.77* 17.77 308,451,23
Pennsylvania 18,840,363 3,075,898 21.18 -171,473.20
D.C. 39,000 6,692 17.16 1,107.90
TOTALS: 38,919,278 6,688,757 17.19 94,382.93
* Includes Department of Defense lands in Virginia
June 2006

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