Projects include new parks, trails, outdoor classrooms, and community gardens in 25 counties and cities.
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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.
VOF seeks grant proposals for public open space projects
Foundation makes $1.13 million available in spring 2021 from Preservation Trust Fund and Get Outdoors grant programs.
VOF announces $1.9 million in grants for public open space projects
Grants support 33 projects in 25 localities, with an emphasis on high-need communities.
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.
VOF hires outreach assistant for Bull Run Mountains Preserve
VOF’s new outreach assistant is developing new guided hikes and other educational initiatives at the preserve.
VOF protected more than 1 acre every hour in 2020
Conservation projects in 34 localities ranged from family farms and forests to public parks and trails.
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.
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 …
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