A second round of funding for Forest Establishment projects in the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Watershed will be available beginning October 1!
Unlike the bidding conducted in Round 1, this second round will be open to any interested party using set per acre cap rates. Also in this round, the Virginia Department of Forestry will be available at the front end of the process to help landowners fill out required applications and forms.
Funds will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, check out the F2F Forest Establishment page, or contact David Powell at david.powell@dof.virginia.gov or call 434-977-5193 if you missed the summer 2010 bidding window yet remain interested in the program!
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc. awarded the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) a $400,000 grant to specifically study the link between urban water consumers and rural landowners. The program will provide funds to landowners to improve water-resources related stewardship practices. To provide program support, Conservhas been awarded a 3 year contract from VDOF to provide services for this groundbreaking initiative.
The pilot project will study the link between rural landowners’ financial interests and their forestland management practices in the South Fork Rivanna River (SFRR) Reservoir watershed to municipal water consumers in the City of Charlottesville and the Urban Areas of Albemarle County. The intent of the initiative is to examine the long-term costs and benefits of water resource related stewardship practices on the health of the area’s water supply.
The three-year project will create a Forests to Faucets (F2F) Advisory Council comprised of business, environmental, city, and rural area stakeholders from the area. The F2F Council will offer technical and policy support to VDOF and Conserv. A series of applied projects will be completed to compare the costs and benefits of maintenance and enhancement of watershed health through constructed engineering solutions vs. the costs and benefits of natural infrastructure provided by healthy forests.
For more information contact VDOF forester David Powell at 434-220-9179.
A second round of funding for Forest Establishment projects in the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Watershed will be available beginning October 1!
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