601 Acres Permanently Protected in Northumberland County in 2024
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...
Coming Soon: Restored Wetlands Along Ball Creek in Northumberland County
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...
Lake Cowart on His Family’s Three Conservation Easements on the Northern Neck
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...
Page Henley Could See His Family’s Farm Exactly the Way They Saw It 200 Years Earlier
As The Northern Neck Land Conservancy finishes commemorating its 20-year anniversary of preserving the region’s farmland, forests and open spaces this month, it’s important to honor those who started the grassroots effort. People like Mary Louisa Pollard, who led the...
A Letter from Chris Chitty, Easement Owner
Not everyone has a childhood like mine, but land conservation can help ensure that many future children do. Growing up, our U.S. Navy family had the good fortune to be stationed in places like Charleston, South Carolina and Kings Bay, Georgia. My brother and I roamed...
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...