
Grants available for public open space projects, easement assistance
VOF makes $1.825 million available from its Preservation Trust Fund and Get Outdoors grant programs in first half of FY22.
Projects include trails, parks, outdoor classrooms, and community gardens.
860,000
acres in Virginia protected.
4,000
miles of rivers and streams.
150
miles of hiking and biking trails.
2
acres conserved every hour since 1966.
Start here if you have open space that you would like to protect with help from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.
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See the dates and locations of upcoming meetings of the Board of Trustees and board committees.
VOF makes $1.825 million available from its Preservation Trust Fund and Get Outdoors grant programs in first half of FY22.
Projects include new parks, trails, outdoor classrooms, and community gardens in 25 counties and cities.
Grants from Forest CORE Fund support eight projects that protect the outdoors and increase access to open space in Roanoke, Montgomery, Giles, Franklin, and Danville.
Virginia’s grassland habitats have suffered immense losses since European colonization. Some landowners are trying to reverse the trend.
Elementary school students in Westmoreland County Public Schools and undergraduates from Longwood University are coming back to bigger and better educational possibilities on Hull Springs’ 662 acres of forest and wetlands.
Kids have been enjoying the outdoor spaces at Belle Meade Farm since 1994. Day and swim camps and a Montessori School closely tied to the farm’s Community Supported Agriculture Program means there is a lot to do and explore.
The 144-acre Phillips Farm provides more than just the viewshed for the historic village of Waterford. It is also the site of a nature trail, a monarch butterfly way station, and an outdoor classroom for Loudoun County K-12 students.
VOF Preserve Manager Joe Villari and his team participated in partner organization Reserva: The Youth Land Trust’s #runfortherainforest 5k and, as Preserve staff and enthusiasts do, turned it into a 3.89mile mini-bioblitz!
This week for #sciencesaturday , we are focusing on a species that has just begun to bloom at the Preserve – Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)! Read more to learn about identifying this plant, and the unique method it uses to spread its pollen.
The Eastern Box Turtle is this week’s #sciencesaturday spring spotlight species! Read on to learn what they eat, where they live, and other special facts.