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  • 5 acres every hour
    That's how much open space VOF has protected in the last decade. Today, we protect about 675,000 acres across Virginia.
  • 5 acres every hour
    That's how much open space VOF has protected in the last decade. Today, we protect about 675,000 acres across Virginia.
  • 5 acres every hour
    That's how much open space VOF has protected in the last decade. Today, we protect about 675,000 acres across Virginia.
  • 5 acres every hour
    That's how much open space VOF has protected in the last decade. Today, we protect about 675,000 acres across Virginia.

Featured News

White House Farm Foundation blends agriculture, education, and conservation

June 04, 2013
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In 1760, about 30 years before construction began on the White House in the District of Columbia, a Mennonite settler named Martin Kauffman II built his own little White House in Page County, Virginia. Kauffman constructed the building as a residence and Mennonite meeting house, locat
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Who built the stone house on Bull Run Mountains?

March 22, 2013
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The 2,350-acre Bull Run Mountain Natural Area Preserve in Fauquier and Prince William counties is well known as a treasure trove of recreational and natural resources located just 35 miles west of Washington, D.C. Less known to the public, but just as valuable, are the historic struct
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Bath County farmer protects 315 acres along two miles of Back Creek

February 18, 2013
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Ed Cook was just a boy when he fell in love with the Bath County farm he now owns. Back then, the property belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Law, who had owned it for 50 years. The young Cook admired the land and dreamed of one day owning a property like it. In 1949, he went into the military
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Donate an Easement

Learn about the process and benefits of donating a conservation easement on your land to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.

Volunteer Opportunities

Learn how you can help us protect open space in Virginia by volunteering in your area.

Landowner Documents

Download our easement application, template, and other documents related to easement donations.


Reflections from VOF Easement Donors

  • Our love of the farm and its beautiful surroundings has made us come to realize this is a setting that should be preserved for future generations . . .
    VOF easement donor, Clarke County
  • We are grateful that visionary people of previous generations have protected wild places and natural resources for our enjoyment, and we wish to do the same for those who will come after us.
    VOF easement donor, Rockbridge County
  • We hope that many years from now our family will still be able to enjoy the beautiful vistas and wildlife of this relatively unspoiled part of Virginia.
    VOF easement donor, Grayson County
  • The heritage of what we give our children is not in the parceling of land . . . but in the beauty and strength of character that the land produces in each of us who have lived on it.
    VOF easement donor, Albemarle County

Upcoming Events

  • June 26, 2013 9:00 am –
    June 26, 2013 10:00 am
    June 2013 Preservation Trust Fund Committee
  • June 26, 2013 10:00 am –
    June 26, 2013 5:00 pm
    June 2013 Policy and Easement Consideration
  • June 27, 2013 9:00 am –
    June 27, 2013 5:00 pm
    June 2013 Board of Trustees Meeting
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  • Our two-year-old volunteer program just crossed the 1,000-hour mark. Big thanks... June 19, 2013
  • Hope you like our new cover photo, from a VOF-protected easement in Rockbridge C... June 19, 2013
  • Read about the great work of the White House Farm Foundation, which occurs on a... June 4, 2013
  • VOF's Leslie Grayson shared this pic of a fawn discovered by her dogs on her eas... May 30, 2013
  • Read about landowner Nancy Richardson's easement on her Northampton County farm... May 21, 2013
  • Read about a Shenandoah farmer who is doing right by the land and seeking to pro... April 25, 2013


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