1,326-acre forest in Roanoke County hosts the world’s largest known population of globally rare piratebush shrub.
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DCR expands Chestnut Ridge preserve in Giles with VOF grant
The 820-acre preserve in Giles and Bland counties is managed for its old-growth trees and offers possibilities for reintroducing the American chestnut and butternut tree.
VOF grant helps protect site of Urbanna Oyster Festival
The Chesapeake Bay’s largest and oldest oyster festival will have a space to call home for future generations, thanks to a partnership between festival organizers and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF). Earlier this year, a private landowner put up for sale a 3.5-acre parcel in the Town of Urbanna that had hosted vendors and other […]
VOF grant helps to establish new State Forest in Charlotte
Effort led by The Conservation Fund and Virginia Department of Forestry included support from a $1 million grant from VOF’s Forest CORE Fund.
$1 million available for projects that create or expand public open space
VOF opens 2020-2021 grant round for its Preservation Trust Fund with an emphasis on community-driven conservation.
VOF launches program to increase equitable access to open space
Get Outdoors program will provide grants of up to $25,000 for projects in underserved communities.
Webinar recording for Forest CORE Fund grant round now available
The webinar provided an overview of the 2020 grant round, which is focused on community-supported conservation projects in nine Southwest Virginia localities.
Two VOF-funded projects receive Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
Projects to restore Evergreen & East End Cemeteries in Richmond and create Hinchee Park in Roanoke receive silver awards in the land conservation category.
Dominion, Duke cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline project
The project, which was slated to cross 10 VOF easements, is scrapped by the developers, citing “ongoing delays and increasing cost uncertainty.”
VOF emphasizes community conservation in latest Forest CORE Fund RFP
$1,000,000 is being made available in the third grant round of the program, with eligibility requirements being tightened to reflect a priority on projects that benefit communities most directly impacted by the Mountain Valley Pipeline.