News & Media

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News Releases

VOF protected 11,000 new acres and awarded nearly $6 million in grants in 2025

February 4, 2026

VOF opens $2.1 million grant round for open-space projects

January 21, 2026

VOF opens $4 million forest protection grant round in Southwest Virginia

November 12, 2025

Bull Run Mountains Preserve inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network

October 29, 2025

VOF awards $1.77 million to open-space projects

September 25, 2025

Features

Places That Connect

Locust Grove Farm, King and Queen County

An annual wine and arts festival and other events strengthen ties to the community, and the bottom line, for a 360-year-old family farm in Walkerton.

Get Outdoors

Town of Montross Town Park, Westmoreland County

The Town of Montross has its first-ever park thanks to the efforts of the community and a Get Outdoors grant from VOF.

Places That Connect

Downtown Greens Expansion Project, City of Fredericksburg

VOF, the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, and Downtown Greens, Inc. are partnering to protect one of the last parcels of working farmland in the City of Fredericksburg.

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Evergreen Cemetery, City of Richmond