Gascony Estate: Paul and Rosemary Trible Protect Legacy Family Lands
For some people, their connection to the land is like a human relationship. Their loyalty to a piece of property and their desire to protect it are heartfelt – similar to a member of the family, they feel a sense of duty for its care. Others see conservation as an...
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...
Northern Neck Land Conservancy Records 50th Conservation Easement
Rappahannock Record Thursday, August 8, 2024 WARSAW—The Northern Neck Land Conservancy (NNLC) recently reached a major landmark, recording its 50th conservation easement to protect open land and the nature of the Northern Neck and Essex County. It comes in the same...
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...