Jason McGarvey, Author at Virginia Outdoors Foundation

$1.7 million in grants available for public open space projects

Applications for latest round of Preservation Trust Fund and Get Outdoors grants are due by March 11, 2022.

Three new trustees appointed to VOF Board

VOF welcomes Board Chair Sissy Crowther of Northumberland County, Elsie Delva-Smith of Middlesex County, and Ali Afonja of Hampton to its governance board.

VOF announces $1.38 million for 28 open-space projects across Virginia

Projects include outdoor classrooms, neighborhood green spaces, historic sites and other community-driven projects in 25 towns and cities.

Farmland protected near Fort A.P. Hill supports military readiness

Gouldin Farm, Caroline County The Conservation Fund and Virginia Outdoors Foundation have partnered to protect the 373-acre Gouldin Farm right outside U.S. Army Garrison Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green, Virginia. This property has been the highest priority conservation effort of Fort A.P. Hill’s Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program for the past several years …

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Grants available for public open space projects, easement assistance

VOF makes $1.825 million available from its Preservation Trust Fund and Get Outdoors grant programs in first half of FY22.

VOF announces $1.26 million for 29 open-space projects

Projects include new parks, trails, outdoor classrooms, and community gardens in 25 counties and cities.

VOF announces $1 million for community projects in Southwest Virginia

Grants from Forest CORE Fund support eight projects that protect the outdoors and increase access to open space in Roanoke, Montgomery, Giles, Franklin, and Danville.