For all those 3- to 5-year-old adventurers with cabin fever, the Claytor Nature Study Center has a cure: a four-day “Animals in Winter” hike series that will get them exploring …
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VOF protected 15,928 acres of open space in 2018
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) recorded 70 open-space easements in 41 counties and cities in 2018. The 15,928 acres of newly protected land includes VOF’s first easements in the cities …
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The Clifton Institute, Fauquier County
A ring of children crowd around a kneeling camp counselor, who holds a dragonfly just inches from their faces. “How can you tell this guy is a predator?” the counselor …
Rockingham farmers help protect headwaters of “showcase” Smith Creek watershed
Bartholomew and Christina Johnson of Rockingham have made a significant contribution to water quality protection in the Smith Creek Watershed by donating an open-space easement on their farm to VOF. …
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VOF’s first easement in Alexandria ensures public access to historic property
The Murray-Dick-Fawcett House in Old Town Alexandria is now permanently protected for the public by historic preservation and open-space easements held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the …
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VOF partners with Shenandoah nonprofit to conserve Valley’s Germanic heritage
Virginia’s Germanic heritage story starts with a title dispute. Anxious to settle the Shenandoah Valley, the Colonial Government at Williamsburg began selling off pieces of land west of the Blue Ridge …
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Partnership adds to protection of Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper
“As a Civil War site, Hansbrough Ridge is unique,” said Civil War Trust President James Lighthizer. “There are commanding views of the landscape in all directions, which made it a crucial defensive position during the Civil War.”
VOF helps create new waterfront park in Virginia Beach
Nine acres on the Elizabeth River are set to become a waterfront park, thanks to a partnership between the Living River Restoration Trust (LRRT), the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the City of Virginia Beach.
VOF allocates $548,000 for public access projects
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is directing $548,000 from its Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund (PTF) to facilitate the acquisition of four open-space easements that will increase public access to natural …
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VOF volunteer team celebrates “A Day of Service” at Evergreen Cemetery
A team of nearly a dozen VOF staff, family, and friends, including executive director Brett Glymph and trustee Viola Baskerville, headed out to Richmond’s Evergreen Cemetery for a cleanup on January 15 to honor Martin Luther King Day.