News & Press Releases
“I’m Not Moving to Wisconsin Unless I Have a Piece of Virginia,” Broadview Farm
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...
Land Conservancy board member and Essex County farmer, Barry Bates receives Five-Year Service Award
Essex County cattle and grain producer J. Barry Bates was recognized Jan. 22 for five years of service on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. VFBF President Scott Sink presented an award to Bates at the board meeting in Richmond. As the District 12...
Land Conservancy Wins $20k Grant from Virginia Environmental Endowment for Community Conservation
Warsaw, VA – The Virginia Environmental Endowment (VEE) awarded a $20,000 grant to Northern Neck Land Conservancy for an initiative it calls Promoting Conservation and Inspiring a Regional Community of Land Protectors. The grant support will allow the Land Conservancy...
Rechristened to Honor Helen and Tayloe Murphy, and Given to Cessie and Bill Howell
Rechristened to Honor Helen and Tayloe Murphy, and Given to Cessie and Bill Howell WARSAW, VA – October 1, 2024: The Northern Neck Land Conservancy’s presented the Helen and Tayloe Murphy Conservation Champion award at its sold-out Boots and Barbecue event on...
NNLC Welcomes New Hire, Alicen Hackney, Community Engagement Officer
Rappahannock Record Thursday, July 18, 2024 "The Northern Neck Land Conservancy (NNLC) recently hired Alicen Hackney to fill its new community engagement officer position. Hackney brings community relationship-building, social media marketing and journalism skills to...
Northern Neck Land Conservancy Celebrates Two Decades of Work to Protect Rural Heritage
Northern Neck Land Conservancy Celebrates Two Decades of Work to Protect Rural Heritage Warsaw, VA1/8/2024By Rob Hedelt, retired Free Lance-Star reporter and Northern Neck Land Conservancy board member. The Power of Place: Celebrating Two Decades of Work to...
Laurie Schlemm Is Presented Conservation Champion Award
Laurie Schlemm is presented Conservation Champion Award From the Rappahannock RecordOctober 29, 2023 LOTTSBURG—Northern Neck Land Conservancy’s annual Boots and Barbecue event recently was held at Mount Zion Farm in Lottsburg. One of several highlights was the...
Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award
The Northern Neck Land Conservancy received the 2021 Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation from the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) on Wednesday, October 20. Conservancy President, Capt. Stuart Ashton, Jr., USN Ret. accepted the...
Just in Time for Earth Day: New Partnership Conserves Special Land in Northumberland
Lancaster, Va. — To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy have announced their new partnership to protect an ecologically-significant property in Virginia’s Northern Neck. Last month, the Northern...
Mt. Zion Farm Conserved
Since 2004, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy has partnered with conservation-minded landowners to place over 5,000 acres of Northern Virginia in conservation easements. Their conservation work is driven by a desire to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of...


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