Capital Region Land Conservancy recorded a conservation easement with a landowner on a 49-acre farm off Osborne Turnpike in Varina, protecting regional food security.
300 years later, Westerham House is largely unchanged. Unless you count the herd of llamas that calls it home and a conservation easement covering 96-acres.
For Connie Harriss, protecting her 230 year old home “Norwood” was her duty. The 145-acre property encompasses 112 acres of prime farmland on the James River.
For nearly a decade, 4th-generation Varina landowner Virginia Lipford sought help protecting her nearly 10-acre family farm. In 2014, that dream came true.
Three adjacent easements in rural Goochland County form a contiguous conservation area of over 270 acres, protecting water quality along the James River.