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Managing Your Land

Information for landowners interested in improving wildlife habitat and water quality.

For Plants & Pollinators

Great Spangled Fritallary

For Wildlife & Fish Habitat

Wild Turkey

For Water Quality

Goose Creek

To Remove Invasive Species

Wavyleaf Basketgrass

Find Sources of Conservation Funding

Whether your land includes streams, forests, or is used for agricultural purposes, there is likely a program that could aid your efforts to protect the ecological and open space values of your property. Search our database for potential funding sources that provide cost-sharing and low-cost loan assistance for on-the-ground conservation measures, or benefit landowners through reduced taxes and tax credits.

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Working with Conservation

An Award-Winning CREP Project

John Janney describes how he has utilized the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to manage his Loudoun County farm, Telegraph Springs. Read More

Empowering an Organic Dairy

Terry Ingram operates Threlkeld Farm and has participated in both state and federal cost-share programs to enhance his farm and dairy program. Operating an organic dairy requires understanding and serious cooperation with nature. A farmer must plan to manage the land in a way that essentially allows it to care for itself. By implementing Best Mangement Practices, Terry has taken a double step forward in managing his dairy and enhancing his farmland. Read More

An Individual Decision

Dale Welch is an organic beef farmer in Rappahannock County. Once considering himself an opponent to all things "environmental", he decided to participate in a Best Management Practice cost-share out of wholly economic motivations. Read More

Dairy with a Plan

Ken Smith uses a Nutrient Management Plan and other Best Management Practices to keep his dairy and fields clean and efficient. Read More

Sharing the Experience

For over thirty years, Jimmy Henshaw has been implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs) on his 500-acre cattle farm in Greene County. He started participating in cost-share programs after growing up watching his dad take conservation measures of his own, to keep his land healthy and productive. Read More