Forests
Campbell’s Bridge Mills
This future riverfront park at Campbell’s Bridge Mills connects sections of the Appomattox River Trail and preserves Virginia’s historic industrial mills.
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Historic/Battlefields
Ware Bottom Church Battlefield
Protection of Civil War battlefield promotes historic and cultural tourism and expands public access to greenspace in Chesterfield County.
Historic/Battlefields
Deep Bottom I & II
The 350-acre conservation area on the James River will soon open for hiking, birding, and camping, and host a future environmental education center.
Forests
Long Bridge Road
CRLC purchased this 38.5-acre tract on Long Bridge Road in March 2020. The property lies within CRLC’s Conservation Vision Map and the ConserveVirginia model.
Nature Preserve
Cowan Islands
It isn’t every day someone offers you a gift of three islands. Joan Cowan donated Grape, Hyde, and Watson Glenn Islands in the Appomattox River to CRLC.
Farmland
Pit Conservancy
The protection of 171 acres of forested wetlands on the scenic Chickahominy River in 2017 furthered Chesapeake Bay watershed and farmland protections.
Nature Preserve
Rivers Bend
Where River’s Bend Golf Course once operated until 2015 now is a natural area protected under a conservation easement by Capital Region Land Conservancy.
Nature Preserve
Pearl Fishers
Five years after development threatened a wooded patch of land skirting Bryan Park, community members ensured the park buffer would be protected forever.
Forests
Atkins Acres
Through a gift of her 100-acre forested estate to Chesterfield County in 2011, Anna Atkins left a legacy of conservation for generations to enjoy.