Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced over $14.4 million in grants from the Virginia Land Conservation fund including money to place one property in Louisa County under a conservation easement.
“Supporting Virginians so they can continue to work their farmlands and forests helps our key agriculture and forestry sectors continue to thrive,” Youngkin said in an information release issued this morning.
A $389,700 award in Louisa County goes to Panamint Farm near Mineral and will place 533 acres of active farmland and forests under an easement. Conservation easements are an agreement that land not be developed in perpetuity depending on the terms of the document.
Panamint Farm also received $110,300 in the last grant cycle.
Elsewhere in the Fifth Congressional District, the Monacan Indian Nation will receive $285,367 for the purchase of 100.4 acres on Bear Mountain.
“Adjacent to the Monacan Museum and Culture Center, this property contains an Outstanding Forest Conservation Value hardwood forest,” reads a description in the release.
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation will receive $480,715 to purchase a conservation easement on 353.56 acres at Jatt Farm.
In Orange County, the American Battlefield Trust will receive $162,406 for a conservation easement on 36.17 acres in the Wilderness Battlefield.
“The project will protect the viewshed of the adjacent Wilderness Battlefield, part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park,” reads the release.
This easement will be held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources.
Visit Governor Youngkin’s website for the full list of awards.
Top photo information: Visit the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s database for a look at all of the protected properties across the Commonwealth (Credit: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
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