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Author Archives: Jason McGarvey

Buffer program works with landowners in Upper/Middle James River

Effort led by James River Association, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation funds tree plantings that protect streams.

Posted byJason McGarveyJanuary 26, 2021January 26, 2021Posted inNews

VOF supports expansion of Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve in Roanoke

1,326-acre forest in Roanoke County hosts the world’s largest known population of globally rare piratebush shrub.

Posted byJason McGarveyJanuary 15, 2021March 20, 2025Posted inNews, TERRATags: Forest CORE Fund MVP

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.

Posted byJason McGarveyJanuary 4, 2021March 20, 2025Posted inNews, TERRATags: Forest CORE Fund MVP1 Comment on DCR expands Chestnut Ridge preserve in Giles with VOF grant

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 …

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Posted byJason McGarveyDecember 18, 2020December 18, 2020Posted inNews

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.

Posted byJason McGarveyDecember 3, 2020March 20, 2025Posted inNews, TERRATags: Forest CORE Fund MVP1 Comment on VOF grant helps to establish new State Forest in Charlotte

$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.

Posted byJason McGarveyOctober 21, 2020March 1, 2021Posted inNews, Preservation Trust Fund

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.

Posted byJason McGarveyOctober 21, 2020October 21, 2020Posted inGet Outdoors, News

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.

Posted byJason McGarveySeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020Posted inNews, TERRATags: Forest CORE Fund MVP

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.

Posted byJason McGarveySeptember 8, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inNews

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.”

Posted byJason McGarveyJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020Posted inNews

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