The Conservation Fund protected 83 acres along the Orange Plank Road, where General Robert E. Lee's troops engaged United States forces and pushed them back across the Rappahannock River. Additionally, two acres on the site of Stonewall Jackson's brilliant flank against the U.S. Army were protected. The lands were added to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
The Conservation Fund also donated an adjacent flank attack site to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
The Fund also helped the Richard King Mellon Foundation to protect battlefields in Chancellorsville. The foundation protected the Jackson Trail by purchasing 422 acres and donating an easement over the land to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and the fee ownership to Spotsylvania County for watershed protection and as a recreation area. The Foundation also protected the Jackson Trail and a heron rookery by purchasing 160 acres and donating an easement over the land to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and the fee ownership to Spotsylvania County.
Mid-Atlantic
When 2,500 acres of Pennsylvania forestland were on the sale block in late 2007, strong interest from developers led local residents to seek assistance from The Conservation Fund. Read more »
From government agencies to corporations, from private landowners to land trusts and local communities, the Fund's partners seek our expertise to:
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1655 N. Fort Myer Drive, Suite 1300
Arlington, Virginia 22209-2156
Phone: 703-525-6300
Fax: 703-525-4610
Email: postmaster@conservationfund.org
