Events

• Did you know that 2,000 new street trees have been planted in Richmond this year? 
  One of them may be in front of your house. If so, please consider joining the Richmond Tree Stewards in their "How to Water 2,000 Trees" project. Newly planted trees will need water throughout the growing season if they are to survive and thrive. Water your tree and be one of 2,000 Richmonders who save a tree for future generations.  
  Visit their website at richmondtreestewards.wordpress.com for more information.

Come visit with CRLC staff at events throughout the Richmond area, including Earth Day Richmond, The Richmond Vegetarian Festival, and various farmer’s markets!

• Now you can support CRLC while shopping at Kroger too! Through a special charitable program, CRLC can receive 5% of all purchases made with a special CRLC Kroger gift card - at no extra cost to you. Just send us $5 for your card, and we'll send you your card with $5 already on it.  Mail $5 per card to CRLC, P.O.Box 17306, Richmond, VA 23226, or contact Tara Quinn for details at (804) 301-5352 or  tara@capitalregionland.org. 

• So far in 2011 alone, CRLC has facilitated the preservation of over 500 acres in the Richmond Region! Lands protected are in Powhatan, Chesterfield, Goochland, and Hanover Counties and preserve forest, agricultural, wetland, streamfront, and scenic areas for future generations. You can read the September 28, 2011 Chesterfield Observer article about our successful effort to preserve 113-acres as a future park here, as well as the August 10, 2011 article in Powhatan Today about Ceil and Danny Macmillan's effort to protect their pristine corner of Powhatan County.
• Our most recent publication, the Fall 2011 Newsletter, is now available here.  Learn about the importance of a connection to nature, and read about one woman's wish to see her property preserved and how that land will benefit the community as a future planned public park! 
• View the Spring 2011 Newsletter here. Learn about the connection between land conservation and water quality and read about  St. Francis/St. Emma - Powhatan County's conservation jewel on the James.
• Read our Fall 2010 Newsletter by clicking here.  Hear about the importance of local agriculture, meet a Virginia couple who preserved their farmily's farming heritage, and learn more about CRLC's current work and achievements.
• The enhanced federal tax incentive for donated conservation easements has been extended! Congress and President Obama have approved this reward for private landowners who protect their land with voluntary conservation easements. This significant tax deduction has helped land trusts across Virginia encourage willing landowners to save hundreds of acres since 2006, but it expired at the end of 2009. Now the incentive is extended for two years, making it retroactive to the beginning of 2010 and effective until Dec. 31, 2011. Read more about the enhanced tax incentive for donated conservation easements in this brochure from the Land Trust Alliance. If you're a landowner, contact us to learn about this and other options to help you save the land you love!
• On May 12, 2010, at the Virginia Land Conservation Conference in Williamsburg, VA, CRLC Board President Bill Greenleaf was awarded The Conservation Leadership Award. This award is presented to a working professional in Virginia's land conservation community who provides a strong leadership role in their professional environment, and is recognized by others in the land-conservation community for their commitment to land conservation in the state.
• CRLC received a 2010 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for its work with the City of Richmond, Richmond Recreation and Parks Foundation and Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to preserve more than 280 acres of the James River Park System in the heart of Richmond. CRLC and its partners developed a conservation easement to protect land around the James River from development in perpetuity. The easement's focus on a major urban park is the first of its kind in the Commonwealth. Read this article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch for more on the James River Park System easement.
• Bill Greenleaf, CRLC Board President and one of its founders, was one of five recipients of the 2010 Green Heroes Award. Style Weekly and Dominion Resources recognize individuals with this award annually for their contributions and commitment to bettering our environment and the Richmond community.