CONSERVATION NEWS
A Year in Review: VCN’s 2025-2026 Annual Report
VCN shares our conservation victories and challenges from Spring 2025–Winter 2026 in our Annual Report.
VCN Staff Visit Southeastern Virginia
Every year, Virginia Conservation Network staff visit a new region of Virginia for a staff retreat. This year, VCN staff headed to Hampton Roads to visit Virginia Beach and Norfolk.
General Assembly Recap: Watch the Webinar Recording
Watch this year's General Assembly Recap and get an Inside Look at the Environmental Policy Outcomes from the 2026 General Assembly session.
What We’re Focusing On
CLEAN WATER & FLOOD RESILIENCE
Restoring health and water quality to our creeks, rivers, and the Bay by reducing pollution from agriculture, wastewater, and stormwater, and ending plastic waste.
LAND & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Protecting Virginia’s natural resources to support clean water and air, wildlife populations, viewsheds, food security, culture, history, and improved physical and mental health.
LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION
Leveraging smarter land use, expanding alternatives to driving, and electrifying transportation to reduce carbon emissions and lower vehicle miles traveled.
CLIMATE & ENERGY
Responsibly developing clean energy infrastructure, ramping up energy efficiency and solar investments, and ensuring an equitable transition to a clean energy economy.
GOOD GOVERNANCE
Achieving our conservation efforts through an equitable and inclusive government, with policies and programs that represent and benefit all Virginians