Saving Nearby Nature ®
Fairfax Land
Preservation Trust
Formed Sept. 14, 1994
By Rich Bliss, Pat Coady
and Dave Karmol
1994
Renamed
Northern Virginia
Conservation Trust
to reflect the mission
First land
acquisition: the
70-acre Potomac
Creek Heronry
1997
First conservation
easement: 4.2
acres in Fairfax
County
1999
At the 10-year
anniversary, NVCT held
1,100 acres in
conservation easements
and fee simple land
2004
NVCT adds seven new easements
and 397 acres in FY2014
15-acre easement in McLean along Scotts Run
The essential task of a land trust is to permanently protect the lands and
waters that define our communities and enrich our quality of life. That’s
why the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust willingly took on a 15.34acre easement at The Preserve at Scotts Run when the McLean Land
Conservancy, the original holder of the conservation easement, decided to
cease operations. The easement provides a riparian buffer along both
Scotts Run and an unnamed tributary stream which flow into the Potomac
River and are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Within about two
miles are the Scotts Run Stream Valley Park, Timberly Park, and the Scotts
Run Nature Preserve. The easement, overlooking I-495 and encircling the
development, is almost entirely wooded and includes a trail. The
easement protects the natural resources on the land, provides protection
for the floodplain, and contributes to protection of the nearby public
recreational and natural resources.
Along Scotts Run
Locust Shade Park
A new partnership with Prince William County
NVCT holds three stream mitigation projects
Forest Greens
Prince William County opened a new partnership with NVCT by
transferring conservation easements on three county park properties that
are part of a stream mitigation bank. As shown in the pictures to the left,
the easement properties are Locust Shade Park and Forest Greens in
Triangle, and James S. Long Regional Park in Haymarket. Angler
Environmental is working with the county to restore the streams in each
of the parks and to manage the mitigation bank. NVCT will hold the
easements to protect the land in perpetuity and to conserve the
important natural resources in these three parks.
The three easements total more than 340 acres. Angler Environmental has
completed the first of the projects, with a $2 million stream restoration at
Locust Shade park.
James S. Long Park
4 ▪ Northern Virginia Conservation Trust ▪ Annual Report 2014
The Trust protects each gift of conserved land
with ongoing stewardship and monitoring.
Our focus is to ensure permanent public benefit.