Tag archive for ‘conservation property’
Date: June 27th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags bird watching, Chesapeake Bay tributary, conservation property, easement properties, Ecosystem Services, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River conservation, Robinson River, stewardship, stream restoration, Virginia blue ridge stream, virginia real estate
As Conserv’s relationship with the Rappahannock River Basin deepens, I thought it would be a good idea to explore one of my favorite tributaries of the river a little more deeply. With the high waters of early summer, I took the opportunity to kayak the upper Robinson, from Criglersville to Rt. 29. It was a [...]
Date: June 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Comments (3) | Tags American Conservation Brokers, birdwatching, cap and trade, carbon sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Conserv, conservation, Conservation and private property rights, conservation property, Conservation real estate, ecological economy, Ecosystem Services, Environmental assets, Environmental markets, forestry and water quality, green building, hunting and fishing leases, non-point source nutrient trading, nutrient trading, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability, sustainable economy
Yesterday, environmental history was made at the Old Beale Memorial Church in Tappahannock, the oldest documented courthouse in Virginia. Surrounded by Flemish bond brickwork with salt-glazed headers and compass-headed windows, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission took the first step toward moving Virginia into the ranks of the leaders of the worldwide ecosystem services movement.
In a [...]
Date: April 10th, 2009 | Category: Success Stories | Comments (0) | Tags Blue Ridge Foothills Virginia property, Charlottesville Country Properties, Conservation easement property, conservation property, Conservation real estate, Easement property, Greene County property, Orange County property, Property with rich music culture near blue ridge mounta, Rippin Run Farm, Somerset, Views of Blue Ridge Mountains property, virginia real estate, Virginia rolling hills property, Virginia wildlife property
Rippin Run Video
On March 23, Laurie Miller and Greg Grymes recorded a conservation easement on their 87-acre property, Rippin Run Farm. Rippin Run Farm is located in Greene County, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Found along the Old Fredericksburg Road (Rt. 609), it is a property within and around some [...]
Date: February 10th, 2009 | Category: Success Stories | Comments (0) | Tags Amelia County, Central Virginia real estate, Conservation easement property, Conservation easement real estate, conservation property, Conservation real estate, Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Virginia property, virginia real estate
A 1613 acre historically-significant property is now for sale in Amelia County, Virginia, and can be viewed within the Conservation Property listings on this site. The property contains a portion of the Amelia Springs Battlefield and is protected by a conservation easement, held by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Contact Philip Vannoorbeeck, at 804-514-6901, for more [...]
Date: August 31st, 2008 | Category: Success Stories | Comments (0) | Tags Agricultural land preservation, Blue Ridge Mountain Property, Charlottesville Conservation Real Estate, conservation property, Conservation real estate, Conservation subdivision, Greene County, Parker Mountain, Urban Land Institute, Virginia Conservation Development
Nestled on the eastern slopes of the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Greene County, Virginia, Farmcolony is a farm-subdivision created in 1976. The subdivision contains 150 acres of working farm, 95 acres of homesites, and 40 acres of mountain open space.Farmcolony has been loved and nurtured by its residents throughout its history. [...]
Date: July 30th, 2008 | Category: Success Stories | Comments (0) | Tags Blue Ridge Mountain conservation, Blue Ridge Mountain Property, Conservation development, Conservation easement property, conservation property, Conservation real estate, Conservation subdivision, Easement property, Farmland preservation, virginia real estate
Bundoran Farm is 2300 acres of rolling piedmont farmland in the Hardware River watershed located just twenty minutes from Charlottesville and the University of Virginia and nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the first of a two-part story, we focus on the development itself–the design, the lots,the amenities, and legal structure. In the [...]