Mountain Hollow Farm

Mountain Hollow Farm

Mountain Hollow Farm Photo Courtesy of Hugh Kenny Eight Generation Cattle Farm Restored in Fauquier County Eight generations of cattle farming had taken its toll on the streams and land at Dean and Carina Elgin’s Mountain Hollow Farm in northern Fauquier County. The...
Appomattox River Trail

Appomattox River Trail

Appomattox River Trail Photo Courtesy of Virginia Outdoors Foundation Appomattox River Trail Gains Ground The Virginia Outdoors Foundation recently completed its first conservation project in the City of Petersburg—an open-space easement on 4.8 acres owned by Friends...
Culpeper Crossing

Culpeper Crossing

Culpeper Crossing Photo Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust Partnership Protects Culpeper Crossing Thanks to a landowner donation, federal funding, and Commonwealth matching grants, the American Battlefield Trust has purchased 12.44 acres along the Rappahannock...
Appomattox River Fund

Appomattox River Fund

Appomattox River Fund Photo Courtesy of Capital Region Land Conservancy Appomattox River Fund Grants The Virginia Outdoors Foundation has awarded seven grants totaling $21,150 to conservation projects in six jurisdictions across the Appomattox River watershed that...
Dragon Run Preservation

Dragon Run Preservation

Dragon Run Preservation Photo Courtesy of Friends of Dragon Run Protecting the Dragon Run Watershed The Friends of Dragon Run (FODR) have added 14 acres to the total protected portion of the Dragon Run watershed, which runs through the Middle Peninsula and drains to...