Richmond’s next big addition is one step closer to reality as Capital Region Land Conservancy and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation have finalized drafting the conservation easement for Mayo’s Island. The City of Richmond Planning Commission will vote on the document at…
Henrico, VA – Capital Region Land Conservancy’s (CRLC) Varina LandLab Conservation Area has received designation as a Chesapeake Gateways Site within the Chesapeake Gateways Network. Convened by National Park Service Chesapeake Gateways, this network of important places provides enhanced visitor…
Richmond, VA – For more than a century, spring water has been drawn from the Camp Holly aquifer in eastern Henrico County to be sold to the Richmond area. Stewardship of this important source of drinking water was assumed by…
Richmond, VA – After years of effort to secure full ownership of land that includes all of the Trail of the Enslaved, formerly known as the Richmond Slave Trail, Capital Region Land Conservancy (“CRLC”) has finalized this milestone effort by…
20 years and counting! Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) was founded out of great care for the Richmond community and concerns for the growing impacts of development and sprawl on Richmond’s abundant natural and historic resources. Though conservation had not yet…
Richmond, VA – One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the natural spaces they love. Since 2005, Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) has been doing just that for the people and wildlife of…
New Kent County, VA – With perseverance and a strong conservation ethic, Louis Savage has protected 310 acres along the Pamunkey River at Eltham Farm. Mr. Savage spent much of his childhood roaming the woods and fields of the family…
Hanover County, VA – Adding to their legacy of caring for their land, Caroline Cherry and her family recorded a second conservation easement with Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) – this time on their property known as “Hickory Bottom.” The…
New Kent County, VA – Rockahock is an Algonquian word meaning “sand bar.” It also refers to an important site along the Pamunkey River situated across from the Pamunkey Indian Reservation established in 1646. In the 18th century, a property known as Rockahock in…
