በVLCF የተደገፉ ፕሮጀክቶች

የቨርጂኒያ የስራ እርሻዎች እና ደኖች፣ የጦር ሜዳዎች እና ሌሎች ታሪካዊ ቦታዎች፣ የተፈጥሮ አካባቢዎች፣ ፓርኮች እና ወንዞች ለኢኮኖሚዋ፣ ለባህሏ እና ለኑሮ ጥራት ወሳኝ ናቸው። በ 1999 ውስጥ፣ ጉባኤው እና ገዥው የቨርጂኒያ መሬት ጥበቃ ፋውንዴሽን (VLCF) ለእነዚህ ሀብቶች ጥበቃ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ አቋቋሙ። ከታች ያለው በይነተገናኝ ካርታ ከ 2000 ጀምሮ በገንዘብ የተደገፈ የVLCF-ስጦታ ፕሮጀክቶችን ያሳያል።

ስም፡	Cowbane Prairie NAP Addition (withdrawn)
ምድብ፡	የተፈጥሮ አካባቢ ጥበቃ
የስጦታ ዙር፡	FY17
ኤከር፡	84 03
አካባቢ፡	አውጉስታ ካውንቲ
አስተዳደር ኤጀንሲ፡
ባለቤት፡
ቨርጂኒያ ጠብቅ	ምንም
የተሰጠ መጠን፡-	$877 ፣ 050 00
አመልካች፡	የVirginia ጥበቃና መዝናኛ መምሪያ
ኬክሮስ፡	38 01705717
Longitude:	-79.057103
መግለጫ፦	DCR's Natural Heritage Program proposed to acquire in fee approximately 84 acres along the South River and adjacent to Cowbane Prairie Natural Area Preserve in Augusta County. The subject property is within a mapped Conservation Site, which has the highest possible biodiversity ranking of B1. This high ranking is due to the high number of rare species and significant natural communities found there, as well as the high viability and the extreme rarity of some of those elements. Fifteen rare plants and five globally rare communities are found within the preserve and most of these populations require periodic burning to remain healthy. Protecting the property will serve as a smoke buffer for the prescribed burning necessary on the adjacent preserve, as well as prevent further degradation of water quality to the South River by securing the riparian zone along more than 4,100 feet of the river and tributary streams. This project was awarded a grant of $877,050, but alternative funding was attained and the VLCF grant was withdrawn.