ALL PROJECTS
Blackwater Park
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 […]
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 SymAll Gallery Images
Patrick Henry’s Red Hill
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 […]
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-acAll Gallery Images
PIERCES LOW GROUNDS
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 […]
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 ConservatiAll Gallery Images
Tangier
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 […]
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 wouldAll Gallery Images
The Cove
“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 […]
“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 prAll Gallery Images
Jack Mountain
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 […]
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, incluAll Gallery Images
Ellis Mine
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 […]
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 ofAll Gallery Images
Nottoway River
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, […]
The Commonwealth of Virginia authorized the State Scenic River program by statute in the Virginia Scenic Rivers Act of 1970, §10.1-400.1All Gallery Images
Pisgah Forest
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 […]
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 interAll Gallery Images
Battle of Kellys Ford at Rappahannock Station
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 […]
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 caAll Gallery Images
Chickahominy
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 […]
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-All Gallery Images
