NRLT staff tour some of the new trails Wednesday, June 24, is GiveLocalNRV, the New River Valley’s seventh annual local day of giving (formerly GiveBigNRV Day). This virtual day of giving will allow nonprofits like the Land Trust the chance to raise money for the benefit of our community, particularly during the ongoing COVID19 crisis […]

The Land Trust has been conserving farmland in the New River region for many years, and we’re always looking for additional options to support agriculture in our rural community. Thanks to a new partnership with the Agrarian Trust, we’re joining communities around the nation to announce the formation of the Agrarian Commons, a new model […]

Site of future multi-use trails on Brush Mountain Work on the new Brush Mountain trail system is expected to begin this month. We have secured the necessary permits to begin building the first miles of trail on Property 1. Work on this first phase will take about 3-4 weeks to complete. The Land Trust currently […]

On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, I’m thinking about how important our public outdoor spaces are. We have been working for almost two decades to promote conservation of natural and cultural resources in the New River region and several of our projects, including the new Brush Mountain Park, have been focused on public trails […]

First, we hope that everyone is safe, healthy, and weathering the uncertainty of this time as best they can. Everyone we know is scrambling to adjust to a new normal and the many challenges of the pandemic. We are continuing with our conservation work, but at a slower pace. All of our Youth Outreach programs […]

Thanks to a grant from the New River Valley Master Gardener’s Association, we’ll work with 72 fourth graders at Eastern Montgomery Elementary School to install a rain garden on school grounds this spring. A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs, perennials, and flowers planted in a small depression. It is designed to temporarily […]

The ProjectThe New River Land Trust and Poverty Creek Trail Coalition are creating a new forested park on the south side of Brush Mountain that will include about 10 miles of multi-use trails. BackgroundA $1.2 million grant was awarded to the New River Land Trust in 2018 to purchase two forested properties that will make […]

When you think of land conservation, you might picture our staff and landowners outside, walking a property.  And you’d mostly be right. But new technologies can make the work of prioritizing outreach to landowners and evaluating properties faster and more accurate. We use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and technology to guide our conservation efforts. […]

When you think of land conservation, you might picture our staff and landowners outside, walking a property.  And you’d mostly be right. But new technologies can make the work of prioritizing outreach to landowners and evaluating properties faster and more accurate. We use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and technology to guide our conservation efforts. […]

View of a farm in Spruce Run While we frequently work one-on-one with landowners interested in conservation, we recently became aware of the Spruce Run community, where development was on the minds of many of the residents. A landowner in the early stages of conserving his farm discussed his plans with neighbors, and we reached […]