Historic/Battlefields
New Market Heights Battlefield
Medal of Honor-winning U.S. Colored Troops turned the tide of the Civil War for the Union at New Market Heights. This acquisition helps preserves their legacy.
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Bandy Field Nature Park
CRLC joined forces with Friends of Bandy Field to boost protection for this nature park and African American historic site.
Forests
Rogers Woods
Richmond’s nationally celebrated James River Park System grew by a few acres thanks to Carrie and Josh Rogers who donated nearly 3.5 acres.
Farmland
Four Mile Creek Farm
133 years after its founding, fourth-generation owner Howard C. Eberly III donated his Century farm and home to CRLC for protection and future public access.
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.
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
James River Center
Environmental Education will have a new home in Richmond at the future JRA River Center at Dock Street, on land protected by a CRLC conservation easement.
Public Access
Dock Street
This exciting land acquisition will create one contiguous publicly accessible riverfront space and allow for the completion of the Virginia Capital Trail.
Nature Preserve
Varina LandLab
This 350-acre conservation area on the James River is dedicated for hiking, birding, environmental education, and wildlife habitat protection. VLL will open June 3rd, 2023.