by Alicen Hackney | Mar 3, 2025 | Newsletter
Cousins Lawrence and David Latané grew up connected to the Westmoreland County land that was once the home of their Washington family ancestors. Lawrence Latané, the third of his name, grew up on Blenheim, one of several farms eventually created from that plantation....
by Alicen Hackney | Feb 10, 2025 | Events, Newsletter
Funding for Land Conservation – Information and SocialNorthern Neck Land Conservancy is hosting an interest meeting on March 11th for local landowners, farmers and their families, land inheritors and stewards, and all those interested in the protection of the...
by Alicen Hackney | Feb 5, 2025 | Newsletter, Press Release
By Rob Hedelt, board member of the Northern Neck Land Conservancy When Marc Gorelick and Lynn Broaddus were considering big career changes years ago—moving from Wilmington, Delaware to new jobs in the Midwest —there was one other key decision to make. The accomplished...
by Alicen Hackney | Jan 6, 2025 | Newsletter
Northern Neck Land Conservancy had a great year in 2024 and looks forward to an even better one in 2025. Last year the organization recorded four easements totaling 601 acres. The Land Conservancy is now responsible for stewarding 7,908 acres altogether. Although the...
by Alicen Hackney | Jan 6, 2025 | Newsletter
This restoration project fills a missing link in a 1,068-acre corridor of protected land in the United States’ largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. Update, January 2025: Wetlands construction was completed in 2023, apart from a water control valve added in Spring...
by Alicen Hackney | Jan 6, 2025 | Newsletter
Lake Cowart: Mt. Zion and Kennersley Conservation Easements By Rob Hedelt Lake Cowart, Jr. smiles sincerely when talking about the conservation easements placed on his family’s land: nearly 400 acres in the Kennersley tract between the Coan River and Glebe Creek, and...
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