CONSERVATION FUNDING
Our Commitment
Increasing community input, basic funding, and adequate enforcement measures for our conservation efforts.
THE ISSUE
Environmental laws are meaningless without community input, basic funding, and adequate enforcement measures to back them up. Greater civic participation builds greater transparency, independence, public engagement, and representation from environmental justice and fenceline communities in our conservation efforts.
Conservation Policy Updates (Budget Edition): Week 3 of General Assembly
See conservation policy updates on the budget from week 3 of the General Assembly session: Restoring the Chesapeake Bay, Securing Lasting Funding for Land Conservation, & Funding Public Transit—Not Highway Expansion.
Bill of the Day: Regulatory Citizen Boards
VCN and our Partners are defending the authority of Virginia's Citizen Boards to ensure transparency and decision making for environmental regulations this General Assembly session.
ROUNDUP: Virginia Conservation Community on the State Budget
Governor Northam's outgoing budget proposal prioritized our natural resources through historic investments in Virginia’s natural resources - fully funding nearly all of the Virginia conservation community’s budget asks which we outlined in Our Common Agenda.
Your Guide to Virginia’s General Assembly
VCN's guide to Virginia's General Assembly gives you the tools you need to learn and advocate for strong conservation policy.
RESOURCES
Guide to Submitting Comments and Testifying Virtually
See the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Guide to Submitting Comments and Testifying Virtually for the 2022 General Assembly Session.
