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:	Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve - Bournes Addition
Category:	Natural Area Preservation
Grant Round:	FY26
Acres:	23.50
Locality:	Halifax County
Management Agency:	VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation - Department of Natural Heritage
Owner:	State
ConserveVirginia:	Natural Habitat & Ecosystem Diversity, Floodplains & Flooding Resilience, Protected Landscapes Resilience
Amount Awarded:	$120,000.00
Applicant:	VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation - Department of Natural Heritage
Latitude:	-78.731460
Longitude:	36.763160
Description:	Department of Conservation and Recreation's Division of Natural Heritage (DNH) received grant funding for the fee-simple purchase of a parcel long prioritized for its contribution to the resilience of the existing Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve (DCNAP) in Halifax County. This Preserve is designed to protect one of the Commonwealth's irreplaceable conservation sites and most significant biodiversity hotspots, known to support 28 documented natural heritage resources, including six found nowhere else in the Commonwealth, and two that are extant at only two locations in the Commonwealth. The property shares a boundary with DCNAP and its acquisition will enhance DNH’s ability to protect natural heritage resources by precluding incompatible development and facilitating prescribed fire management. Continued use of prescribed fire is critical to maintain and increase populations of multiple natural heritage resources DCNAP is designed to protect.
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