Due to the expected impact of the winter storm, all Virginia State Park overnight facilities will be closed from Friday, Jan. 23 through Tuesday, Jan. 27. This decision is based on the forecast for unsafe conditions and potential power outages. For updates click here.
VLCF Funded Projects
Virginia’s working farms and forests, battlefields and other historic sites, natural areas, parks and rivers are critical to its economy, culture and quality of life. In 1999, the assembly and governor established the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) to fund protection of these resources. The interactive map below depicts VLCF-grant projects funded since 2000.
| Name: |
Mount Pleasant Farm |
| Category: |
Open Spaces and Parks |
| Grant Round: |
FY05 |
| Acres: |
106 |
| Locality: |
Shenandoah County |
| Management Agency: |
Virginia Outdoors Foundation/Potomac Conservancy |
| Owner: |
Private |
| ConserveVirginia: |
None |
| Amount Awarded: |
$100,000.00 |
| Applicant: |
Potomac Conservancy |
| Latitude: |
39.04170528 |
| Longitude: |
-78.373599 |
| Description: |
A $100,000 grant was awarded to the Potomac Conservancy to purchase a conservation easement on Mount Pleasant Farm, an historic 106-acre property on Cedar Creek in Shenandoah County. The conservation easement protects vital open space in a rapidly developing region; preserves battlefield land within the Cedar Creek Battlefield; provides a visual buffer on the boundary of Cedar Creek and Bell Grove National Historical Park; permanently protects three quarters of a mile of critical restored riparian land and habitat along Cedar Creek; and helps to continue the strong agricultural tradition in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
