One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the open spaces they love. Since 2002, the New River Land Trust has been doing just that for the people of the New River region. Now, we have renewed our land trust accreditation – proving that, as part of a network […]

Our birding kit includes 30 child-sized binoculars and bird i.d. books and materials NRLT is applying for funding through the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Land Trust Small Grants Program to expand our Early Birders Program. Early Birders introduces children to bird watching and promotes an appreciation for nature, conservation, and habitat protection. The Early Birders […]

Cindi Doty Price and Park Doty envision a beautiful park along the New River, accessible to all.  To realize this vision, they recently donated 30 acres of land along the river in Grayson County to the New River Land Trust. The Land Trust will hold the property and transfer it to Department of Game and […]

The Brush Mountain Park Project moved forward in December when the Land Trust closed on the first of 2 properties – 218 acres of intact forest in Blacksburg.  In 2018, the Land Trust received a grant from the Forest CORE Fund, a forest mitigation fund from Mountain Valley Pipeline, to purchase a total of 553 […]

In this issue: 2,800 acres conserved in Giles County Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour NRLT Receives Appalachian Trail Conservancy Grant NRLT Purchases Land for Public Parks Read Fall 2018 Newsletter The post Fall 2018 Newsletter appeared first on New River Land Trust. This article has been featured on our site to highlight the news […]

The NRLT Nature Play Space in Blacksburg’s Heritage Park got a new installation recently of a child-sized birdhouse. The house was a community effort funded by the Rotary Club of Blacksburg. Ed Tuchler of Shelter Alternatives designed the birdhouse, and it was built by a team of volunteers from Shelter Alternatives, the Rotary and the community […]

Aerial view of Brush Mountain properties New River Land Trust has requested a $1.2 million grant form the Forest CORE Fund, a forest mitigation fund from Mountain Valley Pipeline, to purchase 553 acres of intact forest on Brush Mountain in order to create two adjacent parks: one in the Town of Blacksburg and one in […]

The New River Land Trust received an $82,000 grant from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) to fund a portion of the costs to conserve the 700 acre Little Meadows Property in Giles County, VA near the Baily Gap and Wind Rock sections of the Appalachian Trail. The project is a collaborative effort between NRLT, the […]

image: TaxCredits.net The IRS has recently proposed new regulations that would significantly reduce the federal tax deductions available for those who donate to charitable organizations in 17 states, including Virginia. This includes the donation of conservation easements and land. The reductions would eliminate an important incentive for donors of conservation easements and slow the rate […]

Little Stony Creek runs through the property with wide, forested buffers In 1909, John B. Laing purchased a large property on Big Mountain in Giles County.  Even at that time, he recognized the area was special. He wrote, “There is not any place that I know of that I would get more pleasure in protecting […]