Powhatan County, VA – For over 46 years Billy and Margaret Sifers have called “Cedar Creek Farm” home. They purchased their land in 1978 though it was nothing but a cutover forest. While still working full-time as a millwright for…
Henrico, VA – Since his early childhood, Irvine Wilson has called a patch of forests and fields along the Chickahominy River home – 330 acres of family land called Indian Springs Farm near Sandston. The farm has a long and…
Richmond, VA – With rapid development occurring in the south side of the City of Richmond, residents Mattie Coll and Catherine Welsh have been increasingly determined to protect their mostly forested land that they have stewarded for decades. Ms. Coll…
NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY EVENT FEATURES ART INSTALLATION AT VARINA LANDLAB CONSERVATION AREA Richmond, VA – Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) invites the public to celebrate National Public Lands Day with activities at its Varina LandLab Conservation Area located off…
Powhatan County, VA – Bearing witness to development threats and the rapid conversion of rural areas, many landowners are increasingly putting nature first. Such is the case of Powhatan County resident Cynthia Booten who prioritized wildlife habitat and ecological values…
Another major land acquisition along the James River has been successfully negotiated and completed by the Capital Region Land Conservancy. Approximately 4.5 acres of land between Interstate 95 and Ancarrow’s Landing has been purchased from Norfolk Southern and will go…
On any given week, I field five to ten calls from landowners wanting more information about easements and how they work and whether CRLC would consider their property a good candidate for conservation. At least half of those who call…
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) has executed and recorded a perpetual historic preservation easement over property in Henrico County that comprises the sites of four different battles in the American Civil War. The easement protects more than 41…
Latest Data from The US Census of Agriculture Shows Virginia Lost More Farmland in the Last Five Years Than in the Previous Fifteen Farms Under Threat: The State of the States is a report issued by the American Farmland Trust…
