Richmond, VA – The Department of Historic Resources (DHR) has executed and recorded a perpetual historic preservation easement over property in Henrico County that is associated with five different battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The easement, recorded on…
Richmond, VA – The Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC), Richmond’s only local land trust, reached a major milestone accomplishment when it first earned national accreditation with the Land Trust Accreditation Commission in 2019. The land trust accreditation program recognizes land…
RICHMOND, VA — The Conservation Fund, Capital Region Land Conservancy and City of Richmond announced today the permanent protection of four acres in Virginia’s capital city, completing a cooperative and yearslong effort to conserve what historians call “the view that named Richmond.” Beyond maintaining…
Richmond, VA – After 50 years since first protecting the land at Huguenot Flatwater and facilitating a gift of more than 31 acres to the City of Richmond to become part of the James River Park System, the Historic James…
Bon Air, VA – In the late 19th– and early 20th-centuries, planners and developers became increasingly interested in natural areas as places to escape the city center. Before places like Forest Hill (1889) and Ginter Park (1895) were developed as…
Henrico, VA – Celebrating Great Outdoors Month, and National Trails Day on Saturday June 3rd, 2023, Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) has officially dedicated the Varina LandLab at 9200 Deep Bottom Road in Henrico County with 353 acres of land…
Charles City County, VA – Protecting just a few acres of wetlands can make the difference between the hoped-for survival of a native plant species and its loss from our community. A rare Virginia native plant called the Virginia Least…
Richmond, VA – As the need to conserve Virginia’s natural and historic lands grows more urgent in the rapidly changing Richmond Region, Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) has hired Michael Lipford, a veteran conservationist in Virginia, to help meet this…
