Beechtree Group
Land Conservation
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Beechtree Group
Land Conservation
Land Conservation
Land Conservation
“My family has been in the timber and land business for 100 years. Jamie brings a unique and insightful knowledge to the process of land and timber management. He has worked not only with Hawkwood Holding, our company, but several other members of our family. We will all continue to do business with him due to past success and favorable results.” Hal Purcell, Manager of Hawkwood Holdings, Louisa, VA
“Jamie led the process of securing, financing, and building the Blackwater Park for the benefit of the City of Franklin. As Mayor, I worked closely with him. His professionalism and attention to details ensured a seamless transaction for our city and the creation of an incredible park with regional impacts. We continue to work with him on phase 2 of Blackwater Park.” Honorable Frank Rabil, Mayor (ret) City of Franklin
Some of the Virginia's greatest landscapes are threatened by increased development. We aim to protect these areas from inappropriate development however we cannot achieve our goals alone. Many of our clients have similar thoughts when they think about the family farm, the forests, rivers, or scenic mountain views they enjoyed as children. Find out how Beechtree can help you protect your property and realize your financial goals with a structured conservation transaction.
Patrick Henry’s Red Hill project wins Governor’s Environmental Gold Medal Excellence Award Learn More
The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation placed a permanent open-space easement on Red Hill, the home of Patrick Henry, the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The easement resulted in 600-acres being preserved through the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. The conservation easement is intended to protect the historic and open space qualities of the property, fund additional interpretation of existing historic elements while enabling the installation of several new historic interpretive elements. The preservation of Patrick Henry’s Red Hill was made possible through the partnership of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and Beechtree Group with funding from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Preservation Trust Fund.
The property also has important ecological significance, containing prime farmland, contributing to the Virginia Natural Land Network which allows unrestricted movement of wildlife, and runs along a segment of the Staunton State Scenic River. The easement placed on Red Hill gives the land a permanent voice. Read More
A new city park in Franklin created with help from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation received a gold Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award at the Environment Virginia Symposium on March 28. Blackwater Park is a 200-acre park in Franklin that opened in late 2022. The park is the result of a partnership between Beechtree Group LLC, the […]
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The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation placed a permanent open-space easement on Red Hill, the home of Patrick Henry, the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The easement resulted in 600-acres being preserved through the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. The conservation easement is intended to protect the historic and open space qualities of the property, fund […]
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The Pierces Low Ground tract, located in Bryants Corner near Emporia, comprises 2,818 acres that have been permanently protected through the partnership of the Lee family, the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, Rock Springs Forestry, The Nature Conservancy, the US Endowment for Forestry, Enviva, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and Beechtree Group. The entirety of the property […]
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Black Walnut Island, aka North Tangier, was acquire by the 3D hunt club in the early 1990’s. The owners thought they had found a wonderful place to establish a world class hunt club where they would be able to bring guests and friends for years to come. After the first trip, and then a second […]
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“The Cove” project protects 1,259 acres on the Staunton (Roanoke) River in Halifax County, including 3 miles of river frontage and over 6 miles of interior streams. This property represents one of the largest private landholdings in Halifax County and has been professionally managed as a working Hardwood forest by the foundation for the past […]
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This FY2019 proposal is for a CONSERVATION EASEMENT on 1,658 acres in Highland County, Virginia to protect a valuable hardwood forest and 8 natural heritage resources, including globally rare, high elevation natural communities. The Jack Mountain tracts include a portion of a high elevation rocky ridgeline which is critical habitat for wildlife species, including several […]
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The “5 County Panhandle” (5CP) project protects 1216 acres at the confluence of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers in Culpeper County, VA. This property represents one of the largest private landholdings in the 5 county panhandle and has been professionally managed as a working forest by the owners for over 60 years. In addition to […]
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The Commonwealth of Virginia authorized the State Scenic River program by statute in the Virginia Scenic Rivers Act of 1970, §10.1-400.1 The Virginia Scenic Rivers Program was established in 1970 to celebrate outstanding examples of Virginia’s more than 49,000 miles of rivers and streams. Scenic river designations result from partnerships between local groups, local governments, […]
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On December 18, 2018 four deeds went to record in the Mitchell County, NC courthouse. Those deeds represent a massive conservation gift, the retirement of all mineral interests in favor of their conservation, to the citizens of Mitchell County, NC and all of our visitors and neighbors. In 1951 the Reynolds family of Reynolds Aluminum […]
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The Battle of Kelly’s Ford was fought on March 17, 1863, and was one of the early larger-scale cavalry fights in Virginia that set the stage for Brandy Station and cavalry actions of the Gettysburg campaign. Union General William Averell fought his way across Kelly’s Ford with about 2,100 men and then advanced his cavalry […]
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Property is composed primarily of wooded and open marshland and protection helps preserve the local rural landscape and the natural resource, wildlife habitat, and the open-space attributes of the property. Property contains shoreline and wetlands on the Chickahominy River, which is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and protection from overdevelopment will help preserve the […]
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