This Project Grant award of $1,134,820 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, administered through the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (CFDA 15.928) program, will assist the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation in acquiring and preserving the 100-acre Brandy Rock Farm tract at the Brandy Station Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust, acting as a sub-recipient, will acquire a conservation easement on the property to ensure its permanent...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $306,929.75 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VA DCR). This grant funding enabled the permanent preservation of 3.0 acres of the Reams Station II Civil War battlefield through a partnership with the American Battlefield Trust. The Trust acquired the Davis Tract land parcel and transferred a conservation easement to the Virginia Board of Historical Resources,...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $536,518 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. This funding will assist in the permanent protection of a 3.11-acre tract of land at the Second Manassas Battlefield through a non-federal acquisition led by the American Battlefield Trust, the sub-recipient under this award. The Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant program enables state and local governments to...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,112,554 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on December 1, 2021 to acquire and preserve 42.19 acres of threatened battlefield land at Chancellorsville Battlefield in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. As part of the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928), the grant funding enabled the American Battlefield Trust as a sub-recipient to acquire the Dowdall's...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service awarded a $794,245.25 Project Grant under the CFDA 15.928 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The grant funds will be used to assist the state and local communities in acquiring and preserving 7.11 acres of threatened battlefield land at the Cold Harbor Battlefield, which is part of the 384 battlefields identified in the 1993 report on the nation's Civil War battlefields....
This $294,154.83 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (CFDA 15.928) program will assist the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the American Battlefield Trust in acquiring and permanently preserving an 11.72-acre Amelia tract at the Boydton Plank Road Battlefield. The grant funding, with a required 1:1 non-federal match, will enable the acquisition of this historically significant Revolutionary War or Civil...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,211,500 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to assist with the non-federal acquisition and permanent protection of the 41.02-acre New Market Road Tract at the Malvern Hill Battlefield. The sub-recipient, Capital Region Land Conservancy, will transfer the conservation easement for this battlefield land to the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Historic...
The National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) awarded a $258,978.21 grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to support the non-federal acquisition of the 1.78-acre Saunders Tract on the Petersburg Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust, as the sub-recipient, will acquire the property and hold the title as the landowner. This grant project, with a performance period from March 2024 to March 2027, aims to permanently...
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...
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation received a $1,054,500 project grant from the National Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, to acquire a 22.35-acre tract of land known as the Rollins Tract at Bristoe Station Battlefield. The grant was awarded under the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) to assist states and local communities in preserving threatened battlefield lands from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War...