Saving Nearby Nature ®
NVCT accredited by the
Land Trust Accreditation
Commission, the first
land trust in Virginia to
achieve the recognition
2008
NVCT assisted in twophase acquisition of
2,872-acre Crow’s Nest
Natural Area Preserve
by Stafford County and
the Commonwealth
Board developed
Vision 2025 as
the 15-year plan
for NVCT
NVCT celebrates 20
years of Saving Nearby
Nature® with more than
6,400 urban and rural
acres conserved across
the region
2008—2009
2010
2014
Conserving park land, protecting our communities
Two separate easement donations to become parks
Kettler, a leading real estate development and property management
company, donated a conservation easement to NVCT and then conveyed
the 18-acre parcel to Prince William County as a park. It is adjacent to
Vantage Point, a townhouse community being developed by Kettler and
Ryan Homes in Woodbridge. “Conserving land is such an important part of
sustaining a healthy environment,” says NVCT’s Peggy Stevens. “We are
delighted to be working with Prince William County on this newly accessible
land, and we are grateful to Kettler for recognizing how protecting land
forever enriches this community.”
Vantage Point
The NRA Foundation donated a conservation easement on a nearly 18-acre
wooded property that had at one point been slated for development.
Instead of construction that would have destroyed the wooded area and
increased traffic and water run-off from the project, the land will become a
park. The Town of Occoquan purchased the land from the NRA Foundation
for the park, and the Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, with a
grant from outdoor retailer REI, will build 3,000 feet of trail. NVCT holds the
easement to protect the land for future generations.
NRA Foundation
Fairfax land protected from a worst case scenario
Imagine the value of 5-1/2 acres in the heart of Fairfax County that is
zoned for heavy industry. Then imagine what building an allowable
industrial plant would mean to the health of Indian Run as it flows into
the Potomac, to the view from the adjacent office park, to the neighbors
living in the nearby residential neighborhood, and to the people who
regularly use the Indian Run Stream Valley Park. That’s a lot of “what
could have been.”
Instead, Cafferty-Indian Run LLC donated a conservation easement on the
wooded property to protect forever the stream valley, the urban wildlife
habitat, and the forest. There is a natural surface mulch trail through the
property that is accessible to the residents, employees, and general
public. Landowner Thomas Cafferty is no stranger to land conservation—
he and his wife donated a conservation easement on five acres in Great
Falls in 2005, and he is committed to protecting natural resources and to
making the community more livable.
Cafferty-Indian Run
Cafferty-Indian Run
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