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Category Archives: Feature

Grass Roots: Restoring Virginia’s Grassland Legacy

Virginia’s grassland habitats have suffered immense losses since European colonization. Some landowners are trying to reverse the trend.

Posted byAnita AngeloneDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020Posted inFeature3 Comments on Grass Roots: Restoring Virginia’s Grassland Legacy

Partnerships in Smyth County help protect water quality on the North Fork of the Holston

Two easements in Smyth County are now protecting over five miles of stream banks on the North Fork of the Holston.

Posted byAnita AngeloneJanuary 28, 2020January 29, 2020Posted inFeatureLeave a comment on Partnerships in Smyth County help protect water quality on the North Fork of the Holston

Protecting the Clinch River Valley

Fishing on the Clinch River

Neal Kilgore remembers the fish kill on the Clinch River well. “I was about 10 years old. My friend and I would go fishing in the river often; but one …

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Posted byAnita AngeloneMarch 9, 2017March 20, 2019Posted inFeatureTags: Clinch River Valley

More Southside landowners embracing conservation easements

VOF has recorded more new open-space easements in Southside than in any other region during the last several years, including one of our largest ever, on 7,312 acres in Halifax that protects more than 10 miles of shoreline along the headwaters of the John H. Kerr Reservoir, and the Dan, Bannister, and Hyco rivers.

Posted byJason McGarveyMay 27, 2014February 28, 2019Posted inFeatureTags: statistics, Halifax County, conservation easement

Preserving the Jordan

Rappahannock is a small county with a big penchant for preservation. Of its 170,825 acres, roughly 35 percent, or 60,000 acres, are protected—half in Shenandoah National Park and half in …

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Posted byJason McGarveySeptember 10, 2013February 28, 2019Posted inFeatureTags: Jordan River, Rappahannock County

Manage your mowing to benefit wildlife

Property owners mow their fields for different reasons. Some do it simply for aesthetics. Farmers often mow to keep trees from taking over fields that may one day be used …

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Posted byJason McGarveyApril 3, 2013February 28, 2019Posted inFeatureTags: best management practices, wildlife habitat

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