Places We Work

Paddlers have a great new website for navigating the Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail (SECT). This extensive trail allows for travel along an unbroken trail of tidal marshes and rivers more than 760 miles along the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina,… Read More

In 2011, we helped with a land preservation agreement that permanently protects the 290-acres of Emmett Snead III’s pick-your-own style farm. Under this agreement, Snead Farm will continue to maintain its current use as a working farm while forever protecting… Read More

The Pratt family has lived at Camden Farm for seven generations. Today, John Pratt and his family live in the historic home on the property, which dates to 1859.  Much of the original house remains including furniture, draperies, carpeting, light… Read More

The Rappahannock has been recognized as a river of national significance, providing freshwater to the Chesapeake Bay as well as habitat for globally rare plant species, regionally important fish populations, neotropical birds species and raptors.  The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife… Read More

As one of the most visited units of the National Park Service (NPS), the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes over 17 million visitors each year. Travelers enjoy the parkway’s nearly 470 miles of twists and turns through the mountain landscape connecting the… Read More

For more than 25 years, the Fund has worked with partners to fulfill their conservation goals.  In 2010, we transferred 125 acres and nearly a mile of shoreline along the James River in Prince George County to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife… Read More

The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge covers roughly 9,000 acres of barrier island beaches and dunes, shrub-scrub, woodlands, farmlands and fresh and brackish marsh along the Atlantic Ocean.  Similar to other Atlantic and Gulf barrier islands, the refuge’s narrow coastline provides… Read More

Over 400 years ago, Captain John Smith arrived in the New World—and changed it forever. In addition to helping found Jamestown, the first permanent American settlement, Smith became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay. He and his… Read More

The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia. Beaver Dam Creek We protected 236 acres in the Chickahominy River watershed including part of the Federal line during the second of the Seven Days battles… Read More

The New River connects communities in 21 rural counties across three states (North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) in southern Appalachia. We are integrating watershed protection with economic revitalization to preserve this American Heritage River—renowned for its wildlife and recreation opportunities…. Read More