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News Archive
10/24/06: Durhams to
donate property with WVLT-held easement to Roanoke County. Story in
Roanoke Times.
10/10/07: Former Trustee
Jim Wilson and wife Esta sign record-breaking easement. Story in
Martinsville Bulletin.
9/25/07: Conservation tax
incentive bill moves out of Senate Finance Committee. Story from the
Land Trust Alliance.
9/13/07: Land Trust will
honor Lanier and Thecla Frantz with 2007 Vic Thomas Award.
Story in The Roanoke
Times
Story in New Castle Record
9/10/07: Land Trust
staff, trustee interviewed on WVTF's "Evening Edition."
Listen
8/22/07:
Today Show video: Massachusetts teen, town save Farm
8/22/07: Local
landowners and WVLT featured in latest Virginia Wildlife magazine
here.
8/21/07:
Editorial: Protect
Carvins Cove
8/16/07:
Roanoke Mayor Harris
calls for Carvins Cove conservation easement.
Excerpts and full speech
here.
8/15/07: Sen. Webb
signs on as co-sponsor of S.469 to make conservation tax incentives
permanent; thank him here!
8/15/07:
Land Trust sells Peaks of Otter
tracts to National Park Service
8/8/07: Governor Kaine and his Cabinet will hear from a
public-private partnership, consisting of WVLT, two local landowners,
the Western Virginia Water Authority, and Hollins University, that
placed a highly visible 253-acre area on Tinker Mountain under easement.
The preservation effort won the 2006 Scenic Virginia "Best Preservation
of a Scenic Viewshed" award. A reception will follow. Open to the press
and public. When: 5:00 p.m. Where: Hollins University, 7916 Williamson
Road, Roanoke. 8/7/07:
Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club
celebrates 75 years; Times story
here.
8/7/07:
Summer newsletter is here!
7/13/07: New
Planned Giving brochure available.
New ways to give to the Trust.
6/13/07:
Fall Bedford County
Landowners' Meeting, Nov. 8. Sponsored by Bedford Citizens for
Land Preservation and the Western Virginia Land Trust.
5/17/07: Enjoy your land with lower tax bills. Roanoke
Times editorial.
5/8/07: Goodlatte signs
on as co-sponsor of conservation tax incentive bill.
See our
May 8, 2007 E-News.
4/24/07:
Bedford County
Landowners' Meeting, May 17. Sponsored by Bedford Citizens for
Land Preservation and the Western Virginia Land Trust.
4/23/07:
Gallop 4 the Greenways. 5K run to support Roanoke Valley
Greenways.
4/4/07: Black Lick area
land in Wythe County saved through creative partnerships.
See the
note from WVLT Advisory Council member
Liza Field and the whole
story.
3/14/07: House Conservation
Tax Incentive Bill to be Introduced
General Assembly Approves VOF Funding.
Thanks to the efforts of
WVLT members and others across the state, the General Assembly approved
$950,000 in additional one-year funding for our partner, the Virginia
Outdoors Foundation. See our
Feb. 28, 2007 E-News.
WVLT Needs Your Help! See our
Legislative Alert
2/7/07:
Tax Break with a View: Story in
the Wall Street Journal
1/9/07:
The Art of Conservation: Story in the
Roanoke Times
1/8/07: WVLT saves over 3,000 acres in 2006; grand total now 21,000
acres
WVLT helped to save more
than 3,000 acres of land on 20 different properties in 2006, bringing
the Land Trust's 10-year total to nearly 21,000 acres saved - or an area
the size of Smith Mountain Lake and more than twice as big as the City
of Salem! This is WVLT's second-highest yearly total ever, behind
only 2001's 8,545 acres, 8,500 of which was the Big Survey tract in
Wythe County.
12/20/06: Roanoke Times feature on recent Southwest Virginia easements
12/20/06: Two beautiful Franklin County farms saved
Thanks to the
efforts of three Franklin County landowners, more than 550 acres of
beautiful Franklin County farmland have been preserved for
posterity.
Louise Truman, and
Dan and Jean Hodges, all of Hardy, donated conservation easements on
their properties to the Western Virginia Land Trust and the Virginia
Outdoors Foundation in December. Conservation Partners, LLC,
assisted in the recordation of the easements.
Photos and more
12/14/06: Floyd land below Twin Falls preserved
Floyd County landowner James L. Woltz of
Freestate, LLC, has donated a conservation easement to the Western
Virginia Land Trust and Friends of the Rivers of Virginia on
Freestate’s property downstream of Twin Falls in northeast Floyd
County. The easement preserves 1.5 miles of Lick Fork Creek,
which runs the length of Freestate’s 54.7 acre parcel.
Photos and more
12/10/06:
Botetourt County copes with growth
Story from the
Roanoke Times
Link
to Roanoke Times multimedia presentation
11/2/06:
Scenic Virginia honors Tinker Mountain partnership
Scenic
Virginia gave the "Best Preservation of a Scenic Viewshed" award to a
partnership consisting of WVLT and other local organizations and
individuals for their preservation of 235 acres on Tinker Mountain in
Botetourt County. The award was presented at Scenic Virginia's 4th
Annual Scenic Awards in Richmond on Nov. 2.
Accepting the award were partnership members David Maxson from Hollins
University, Rupert Cutler with the Western Virginia Water Authority,
landowners Lee Hartman, Jr., and John Brandemuehl, and WVLT Executive
Director Roger Holnback.
Photo
and more from Fall 2006 Newsletter...
More from the
Roanoke Times...
More from A.T. Journeys Magazine...
10/30/06:
Appalachian Trail: Feeling the Squeeze
Link
to Roanoke Times multimedia presentation
10/18/06: Carilion Foundation honors
Western Virginia Land Trust
The
Western Virginia Land Trust was recognized as the outstanding “Quality
of Life” grant recipient by the Carilion Foundation for work on a DVD, a
newsletter insert and other initiatives under a $60,000 grant. WVLT was
one of three organizations whose success stories were featured at
Carilion’s annual celebration among 44 who received grants.
More...
10/16/06:
WVLT board, staff attend Land Trust Alliance Rally in Nashville, TN
Board members
and staff from the Western Virginia Land Trust recently attended the
National Land Conservation Conference: Rally 2006, sponsored by the Land
Trust Alliance. Board of Trustees President Jim Kermes, Vice
President Broaddus Fitzpatrick, and Executive Director Roger Holnback,
all of Roanoke, participated in the four-day event, held from October
12-15 in Nashville, TN.
The National
Land Conservation Conference: Rally 2006 is the largest land
conservation conference in the country with over 2,000 attendees.
10/8/06: Western Virginia Land Trust celebrates 10 years, presents first
A. Victor Thomas Environmental Stewardship Award
The
Western Virginia Land Trust celebrated its 10 year anniversary in style
on Sunday October 8th! More than 125 WVLT members and elected officials
gathered at the home of former state senator Madison Marye on the
Elliston Straightaway in Montgomery County. Festivities included a
catered barbecue buffet from Bastian’s Bar-B-Q and live music from the
Celtibillies. Highlighting the event was the presentation of the first
A. Victor Thomas Environmental Stewardship Award to Sen. Marye.
Photos and more...
10/2/06: David
Perry joins Western Virginia Land Trust staff as Project Manager
The
10-year-old Western Virginia Land Trust has employed its second David.
Dave Perry, a Blacksburg native and a lifelong hiker and camper who had
been superintendent of recreation for Wicomico County, at Salisbury, Md.
for eight years, will start work as project manager and grant writer on
Oct. 2. Perry will succeed David Hurt, program manager for four
years who has left to join Conservation Partners, a land conservation
firm based in Lexington.
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