Cooperative Agreement P20AC00561

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $6,000,000 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) grant to the City of Richmond, Virginia. The five-year project aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in the city. Key activities include developing an urban forest master plan, removing invasive species, providing workforce development, conducting community engagement, and...

This Project Grant award of $858,745.00 from the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) supports the acquisition and preservation of the 7.36-acre Proctor II tract at the Cedar Mountain Battlefield in Virginia. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust, will acquire the property and convey a conservation easement to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources to permanently protect this...

The National Park Service awarded a $832,348.94 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on August 1, 2022. The grant will fund the acquisition of two non-contiguous parcels totaling approximately 50.47 acres at the Deep Bottom II Battlefield in Varina, Virginia. The American Battlefield Trust will serve as a sub-recipient to acquire the parcels and hold title to the land as owner. The grant award supports the goals of the Battlefield Land...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,000,000.00 was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Save America's Treasures (SAT) Grants program (CFDA 15.929). The grant funds will be used by the City of Richmond, Virginia to provide preservation and conservation assistance for the Byrd Park Pump House, a nationally significant historic property. The award has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027 and requires a dollar-for-dollar non-federal matching...

This $651,230 Project Grant awarded on October 26, 2023 by the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) supports the permanent acquisition and preservation of the 98.7-acre Lee Tract at the Trevilian Station Battlefield in Louisa, Virginia. The award will enable the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, working in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust as the sub-recipient, to acquire the threatened battlefield land through a fee...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $515,514 Project Grant under the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on July 1, 2021. As administered by the American Battlefield Trust acting as sub-recipient, the grant funding enabled the non-federal acquisition of 44.75 acres of the Pegram's Battery Tract at the Cedar Mountain Battlefield in Culpeper, Virginia. The land was acquired in fee simple by...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $159,999.99, was granted by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will fund a project by American Conservation Experience, a non-profit organization, to restore approximately 1,500 gravesites and the surrounding cemetery wall at the Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia. The restoration and preservation efforts will improve cemetery aesthetics,...

The National Park Service awarded a $1 million Save America's Treasures grant to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc. for physical preservation work at the Historic Whitcomb Farm in Richmond, Vermont. The grant will fund repairs to the foundation, structure, and windows of the East Monitor Barn from March 2023 through September 2026. The Save America's Treasures program provides matching grants administered by the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment...

This $12,666,667.00 Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676) Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service supports the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDoF) in acquiring and conserving environmentally important forest areas across Virginia that are at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Through this funding, VDoF will implement a 5-year project to purchase conservation easements or fee simple land from willing landowners to maintain working forests, conserve critical...

This $182,762 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a humanities institute at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) that challenges higher education participants to re-examine how history is researched and taught through the lens of people and place. The institute, titled "Towards a People's History of Landscape: Black & Indigenous Histories", will...