The Northern Neck Land Conservancy received the 2021 Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation from the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) on Wednesday, October 20. Conservancy President, Capt. Stuart Ashton, Jr., USN Ret. accepted the award on behalf of the organization’s board members, staff and many generous regional landowners. The Garden Club’s […]

The Northern Neck Land Conservancy received the 2021 Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation from the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) on Wednesday, October 20. Conservancy President, Capt. Stuart Ashton, Jr., USN Ret. accepted the award on behalf of the organization’s board members, staff and many generous regional landowners. The Garden Club’s […]

Lancaster, Va. — To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy have announced their new partnership to protect an ecologically-significant property in Virginia’s Northern Neck. Last month, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy secured an environmentally-sensitive, 225-acre site near Dameron Marsh in Northumberland County. Known locally as […]

Lancaster, Va. — To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy have announced their new partnership to protect an ecologically-significant property in Virginia’s Northern Neck. Last month, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy secured an environmentally-sensitive, 225-acre site near Dameron Marsh in Northumberland County. Known locally as […]

Since 2004, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy has partnered with conservation-minded landowners to place over 5,000 acres of Northern Virginia in conservation easements. Their conservation work is driven by a desire to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the Northern Neck, a peninsula of Virginia bordered by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. In 2019, […]

Since 2004, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy has partnered with conservation-minded landowners to place over 5,000 acres of Northern Virginia in conservation easements. Their conservation work is driven by a desire to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the Northern Neck, a peninsula of Virginia bordered by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. In 2019, […]

This property on Totuskey Creek in Richmond County was recently conserved by the owner in partnership with the Northern Neck Land Conservancy. PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2020 Released 2/5/20 The Northern Neck Land Conservancy will hold an informational forum on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m., on February 20, in Warsaw to explain how […]

This property on Totuskey Creek in Richmond County was recently conserved by the owner in partnership with the Northern Neck Land Conservancy. PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2020 Released 2/5/20 The Northern Neck Land Conservancy will hold an informational forum on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m., on February 20, in Warsaw to explain how […]

LOTTSBURG—As one of the largest oyster planters on the East Coast, Lake Cowart’s business is dependent on the quality of the water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. There’s not much the Northumberland County native can do about rainfall which often determines if the baby oysters he puts overboard live or die. And, there’s not much […]