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Conservation Resources

Caring for land under easement is an important part of preservation and protection that benefits the entire community. We all enjoy the cleaner air and water, scenic vistas and food grown on conserved lands.

If your land is under a conservation easement and you are not sure what stewardship means specifically, contact Ashton Cole to learn more. LTV is your partner, we’re working together to preserve the legacy of the land.

We’ve assembled the following helpful links for landowners:

Preservation

American Battlefield Trust: https://www.battlefields.org/

Journey Through Hallowed Ground:  http://www.hallowedground.org

National Trust for Historic Preservation:  http://www.preservationnation.org

Preservation Virginia:  http://preservationvirginia.org

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation:  www.shenandoahatwar.org

Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area: https://www.piedmontheritage.org/

Waterford Foundation:  www.waterfordfoundation.org

Agriculture and Land Management

Extension Services:  http://www.ext.vt.edu/offices

Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District:  http://loudounsoilandwater.org

Fauquier John Marshall SWCD:  http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/departments/jmswcd

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service:  https://attra.ncat.org

CSA’s & Farm Markets:  http://www.localharvest.org

American Farmland Trust:  http://www.farmland.org

Virginia Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS):  www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/va/home

Wildlife Incentives Program:  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/whip

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program:  https://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=cep

Environmental Quality Incentives Program:  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/eqip

Wetlands Reserve Program:  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/wv/programs/easements/wetlands

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program:  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/easements/farmranch

General

Appalachian Trail Conservancy:  www.appalachiantrail.org

Coalition for Smarter Growth:  http://www.smartergrowth.net/virginia

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains:  http://www.friendsofblueridge.org

Friends of the Rappahannock:  www.riverfriends.org

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club:  www.patc.net

Scenic Virginia:  www.scenicvirginia.org

The Nature Conservancy:  www.nature.org/virginia

Virginia League of Conservation Voters:  www.valcv.org

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation:  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Natural Heritage Mapper:  https://vanhde.org/content/map

Virginia Department of Forestry:  http://www.dof.virginia.gov/index.shtml

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries:  http://www.dgif.virginia.gov

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:  www.vdacs.virginia.gov

Water

Save Our Streams (Izaak Walton):  http://www.iwla.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/1977/pid/1977

Chesapeake Bay Foundation:  http://www.cbf.org

Trout Unlimited (NoVa):  http://nvatu.org/new/index.php

Wetland Studies and Solutions:  http://www.wetlandstudies.com

Horses for Clean Water:  http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com

Plants

Blandy Experimental Farm:  http://blandy.virginia.edu

Plant Conservation Alliance:  http://www.nps.gov/plants

Virginia Native Plant Society:  http://vnps.org

Invasive Species Management Websites

National Audubon Society:  http://athome.audubon.org/remove-exotic-plant-pests

National Park Service:  http://www.nature.nps.gov/biology/invasivespecies

Wildlife

American Bird Conservancy:  http://www.abcbirds.org

Blue Ridge Wildlife Center: http://www.blueridgewildlife.org/

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy:  http://www.loudounwildlife.org

National Wildlife Federation:  http://www.nwf.org

Tax Forms

VA Tax Form (LPC-1):  http://www.tax.virginia.gov/taxforms/Business/Credits/LPC-1.pdf

VA Tax Form (8283):  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8283.pdf

VA Tax Form (8283 instructions):  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8283.pdf

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