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Formed in 1994 the Mathews Land Conservancy relies solely on private donations, grants and use fees for general operations as well as property maintenance, improvements and project construction.
Our goal is to manage properties that enrich the public through environmental preservation, hands-on experience and education. Our focus is to beautify and enhance the community while positively stimulating business and preserving local history and culture.
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JUNE
WETLAND DELINEATION COURSE
WHO: Practitioners with a professional investment in wetland boundary identification.
WHERE: Classroom portion will take place on the VIMS campus in Gloucester Point, Virginia.
HOW: 4 Day Course
Learn More Here
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Virginia’s Rappahannock Tribe has regained almost 1,000 acres of ancestral land along the cliffs that line the tribe’s namesake river.
With the new plot of land, the tribe now stewards 1,435 acres along Fones Cliffs. The site was also home to three of the Rappahannock communities that encountered and resisted Captain John Smith in 1608.
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Press Release from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen's Office. The Mathews Land Conservanchy was quoted in this legislature.
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) renewed his effort in Congress to create a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA).