Conservation Lands Database Statistics

Virginia Conservation Lands Statistics

GROUP	ACRES CONSERVED	PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
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
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%

JURISDICTION	WATERSHED(ACRES)	PROTECTED (ACRES)	PROTECTED(%)	REMAINING TARGET ACRES
Chesapeake Bay 2000 Goal of protecting 20% of the lands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by 2010
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