Opinion: The James is healthier today, but our work isn’t finished

By |2024-07-01T12:05:04-04:00July 1, 2024|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

Virginia should boldly recommit to the collaborative, multistate effort and vision of a renewed Chesapeake Bay Agreement. In an Op-Ed, VCN highlights how our beloved local waters depend on the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to improve water quality.

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Report: State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature

By |2024-04-15T13:51:19-04:00April 15, 2024|Categories: Land Conservation & Recreation, VCN Partner Resources|

The Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) released a report reviewing a variety of land conservation policy models that have been adopted at the state level, highlighting recent examples of each.

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Land & Wildlife Conservation Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes

By |2024-04-29T15:52:21-04:00March 12, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Protecting Native Species, Tree Preservation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: |

Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 18 land conservation & wildlife bills this General Assembly session that protect our diminishing tree canopy, reduce invasive species, fund critical outdoor programs, and more.

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Resource Guide: Creating Walkable Piedmont Communities

By |2024-05-07T13:30:46-04:00October 13, 2023|Categories: Land Conservation & Recreation, Land Use & Transportation Reform, VCN Partner Resources, Walking & Biking|Tags: , |

Piedmont Environmental Council and the Coalition for Smarter Growth released a guidebook for local governments and stakeholders to implement projects to promote walkable communities.

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OPINION: State budget delivers for clean water and protected land

By |2023-10-24T10:24:27-04:00October 8, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

Money talks, and our bipartisan state budget reflects the values of the commonwealth. In an Op-Ed, VCN celebrates a bipartisan budget deal that allocates historic levels of funding for clean water.

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ROUNDUP: Virginia’s Land Preservation Tax Credit Protects over 1 Million Acres

By |2024-01-05T11:17:25-05:00May 3, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation|Tags: , , |

Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. announces over 1 million acres of Virginia land conserved thanks to Virginia's Land Preservation Tax Credit—a major milestone for the conservation community.

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