Due to the expected impact of the winter storm, all Virginia State Park overnight facilities will be closed from Friday, Jan. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 25. 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:	Lower Blackwater
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY07
Acres:	415
Locality:	Southampton County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Owner:	Private
ConserveVirginia:	None
Amount Awarded:	$208,000.00
Applicant:	The Nature Conservancy
Latitude:	36.58998512
Longitude:	-76.91419
Description:	The grant award of $208,000 assisted The Nature Conservancy purchase a 415-acre conservation easement on the Blackwater River, Southampton County. The site is part of a high priority forested core, intersects two B2 sites, contains bald eagle nests, and is part of an unprotected stream-head pocosin (upland marsh).