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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Name:	Eastern Shore Forest Conservation Initiative III (FY24) (withdrawn)
Category:	Forestland Preservation
Grant Round:	FY24
Acres:	762
Locality:	Accomack County
Management Agency:	Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Owner:	State
ConserveVirginia:	Agriculture & Forestry, Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Water Quality Improvement
Amount Awarded:	$450,000.00
Applicant:	Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Latitude:	37.905466
Longitude:	-75.601292
Description:	VLCF funding was awarded to assist the Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) in acquiring, conserving, and improving 762 acres of forestland in Accomack County. This project would compliment a recently-completed VLCF-funded initiative to purchase 8,800 acres on the Eastern Shore. This fee-simple acquisition presents opportunities to facilitate natural marsh migration, support coastal resiliency, provide new public lands for wildlife-related recreation, and, importantly, improve habitat for migratory birds and species of greatest conservation need in an area of hemispheric importance. The DWR's purchase of this property would allow for strategic and targeted forest habitat improvements to facilitate marsh migration into this site. This project was withdrawn.
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