by Elizabeth Friel | Jun 14, 2018 | Press Release The Northern Neck Land Conservancy’s efforts have enabled an enterprising Northumberland County couple to preserve a historic estate, raise livestock and create an orchard for cider production. “The owners (Cathy Calhoun and Paul Grosklags) made some terrific decisions to preserve this beautiful property,” said NNLC […]

Over its 40-year history, VEE has partnered with nearly 500 nonprofit organizations, universities, government agencies, schools and communities. Of those, 22 were selected as Partners in Excellence honorees Virginia’s United Land Trusts is a collaborative of more than 30 private organizations working across the state to conserve the Commonwealth’s natural, cultural, historic, scenic and recreational […]

Virginia Public Lands Day Saturday, September 30th, 2017 vaunitedlandtrusts.org #vapubliclands Virginia’s United Land Trusts in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, The Piedmont Environmental Council, Potomac Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, and other organizations across the state will be celebrating the newly established Virginia Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 30th. We […]

Thank you to Brett Glymph and VOF’s leadership on the Evergreen Cemetery & HB1547   Here are a couple articles about the purchase of Evergreen Cemetery and legislation that Governor McAuliffe signed that will provide money for the maintenance of historic African American graves, monuments, and markers at the East End Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery. […]

Governor McAuliffe Announces $500,000 in Farmland Preservation Grants~ Four counties, two cities receive funds to place working farmlands under permanent conservation easements ~ RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the fiscal year 2017 farmland preservation grant recipients. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ (VDACS) Office of Farmland Preservation has awarded a total […]

Down to the final hours… and we were still saving land. Back in November, staff at the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy discussed the possibility of recording a 49th conservation agreement in our 20th year of being a land trust.  Possibly, if the stars aligned, we’d complete a 50th agreement. On December 30th with an hour left of the last […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joseph H. Maroon, Executive Director info@vee.org / 804.644.5000 VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOWMENT AWARDS MORE THAN $100,000 FOR PROJECTS IN THE JAMES RIVER REGION, HAMPTON ROADS AND THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY Dec 13, 2016 – The Virginia Environmental Endowment (VEE) today announced awards of more than $180,000 to fourteen organizations dedicated to protecting and […]

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