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Conservancy employee, Andy Lacatell, canoeing in Dragon Run


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More Information (all pdf)

Virginia Newsletter, Winter 08 (2.47MB)
Experts List (390KB)
VA Backgrounder (239KB)

Piedmont Program Brochure (940KB)

Clinch Valley Program Brochure (826KB)


Fact Sheets

 

 

Allegheny Highlands (2.41MB)
Big Woods/Southern Forests (266KB)

Clover Hill (261KB)
Virginia Coast Reserve (896KB)
Southern Rivers (1.01MB)
Letter Submitted by The Nature   Conservancy to Tidewater News on Outlying Landing Field Proposal (34KB)
 

Photo slideshow: Follow along on a virtual slideshow of a red-cockaded woodpecker chick banding at Piney Grove Preserve.

 

Read The Recorder's article about the recent prescribed burn at Warm Spring. (pdf. 2MB)

Download the new Central Appalachians brochure "Wilderness at Our Doorstep"
(.pdf, 1MB)

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Virginia Coast Reserve, Hog Island


Press Releases 
November 2, 2009
Congress Approves Funding for Potomac River

October 28, 2009
Indian Creek Purchase Protects Rare Mussels and Expands Opportunity for Public Hiking Trail

October 23, 2009 
The Nature Conservancy Salutes Governor Kaine’s Historic Commitment to Conservation

See all Press Releases

 In the News

October, 2009
A Perfect Moment for Mid-Atlantic Sea Change
(story by Nature Conservancy scientist Jay Odell)
The Jersey Shoreline

October 17, 2009
Living shoreline is area's first such project: Conservancy hopes it's a model to inspire others
Delmarvanow.com

July 24, 2009
Report:  85 Percent of World's Oyster Reefs Have Been Lost
Voice of America

July 1, 2009
Eastern Shore gets $2M grant to revive the Bay scallop
The Virginian-Pilot

July 30, 2009
Flag Rock Pavilion On Warm Springs Mountain Dedicated To Virginia Senator Mark Warner
Allegheny Mountain Radio

May 21, 2009
Restoration Of Stream In Fauquier Stirs Hope
The Washington Post

May 21, 2009
Kaine announces conservation of 4,100 acres
Richmond Times-Dispatch


 

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Hal Brindley.com (Virginia Coast Reserve, Hog Island); Photo © Daniel White/TNC (Canoeing on Dragon Run).