By the Numbers: |
| 78,787 acres of land and water saved
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Projects
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge covers roughly 9,000 acres of barrier island beaches and dunes, shrub-scrub, woodlands, farmlands...
Blair's Wharf
Completing The James River National Wildlife Refuge
For more than 25 years, the Fund has worked with partners to fulfill their conservation...
Blue Ridge Parkway
As one of the most visited units of the National Park Service (NPS), the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes more than...
Camden Farm
For the past 300 years, seven generations of the Pratt family have lived at Camden Farm on the banks...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Virginia
The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia.
Beaver Dam Creek
We protected 236 acres...
Conserving and Restoring Indigenous Land
We specialize in creating solutions that meet community needs, including responding to requests from tribes and Indigenous communities to...
George Washington And Jefferson National Forests
Make the steep 3.1 mike hike to the top of Spy Rock along the Appalachian Trail and you'll be...
Mapping the Future of Longleaf Pine
Two hundred years ago, the “piney woods” of folk songs were a vast forest sweeping across 90 million acres...
Monitoring Water Quality in the Great Valley Region
In 1986, the Freshwater Institute began monitoring nine natural springs—with an eye toward water quality and environmental health—spanning across...
New River Initiative
The New River connects communities in 21 rural counties across three states (North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) in southern...
Preserving the Appalachian Trail Experience in Virginia and Vermont
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic national treasure. Completed in 1937, key sections along the trail are...
Protecting the “View That Named Richmond” along a Historic Virginia Riverfront
The “View That Named Richmond” along the James River from historic Libby Hill has faced threats of development for...
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1996, the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is the newest of four refuges that make...
Roanoke River Forest – Virginia
The rapid transfer of large, industrial-size forests in Virginia and nationwide has increased the threats of fragmentation and conversion...
Rockbridge Area, Virginia
Over the past two decades, The Conservation Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network (CLN) has developed national and regional programs to...
Snead Farm
In 2011, we helped with a land preservation agreement that permanently protects the 290-acres of Emmett Snead III’s pick-your-own...
Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail
Paddlers have a great new website for navigating the Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail (SECT). This extensive trail allows for...
The Historic Fones Cliffs on the Rappahannock River
Threatened by development for decades, this “crown jewel” of Virginia has immense significance, not only for the surrounding environment...
Virginia’s Machicomoco State Park—A “Special Meeting Place”
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s newest state park will help protect land significant to Virginia Indian tribes and enhance interpretations...
Werowocomoco
Of the many adventures in the New World documented by English explorer Captain John Smith, perhaps none is more...
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