Reflections on CRLC’s 20 Years Founding Of CRLC 1999 saw the establishment of the Virginia Land Preservation Tax Credit program, which fueled great interest in land conservation. Around the same time, Richmond City Council, under the direction of then Mayor…
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…
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…
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…
