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Conservation Police patch. The law enforcement officers of the department have the title conservation police officer. [4] Conservation police officers enforce Virginia laws relating to hunting, fishing, and boating; conduct patrols in cars, aircraft, all-terrain vehicles, and boats, and on foot; and investigate tips from the public.
The Board holds meetings every year to consider amendments to the Virginia Administrative Code.In even-numbered years, fish and aquatic regulations are reviewed. In odd numbered years, game and terrestrial nongame wildlife regulations are reviewed.
Virginia Wildlife Management Area boundary sign. WMAs in Virginia differ from other state-managed protected areas in that they are solely intended to preserve and improve wildlife habitat, with a particular focus on game animals, and to provide public space for hunting and fishing activities.
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area is a 3,908-acre (15.82 km 2) Wildlife Management Area along the lower James River in Virginia.The peninsular tip was named "Hog Island" in 1608 by Jamestown settlers who released three hogs in the area, who became feral and multiplied.
Powhatan Wildlife Management Area is a 4,462-acre (18.06 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Powhatan County, Virginia.Consisting primarily of former farmland, much of the area is currently covered by open fields; these combine with mature and new forest growth to provide habitat for a diverse array of wildlife.
Big Survey Wildlife Management Area is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2) Wildlife Management Area in Wythe County, Virginia.The preserve's woodland sits on four mountain ridges and divides the watersheds of Reed and Cripple creeks in the New River Valley.
Virginia Marine Resources Commission's patch. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is a state agency charged with overseeing Virginia's marine and aquatic resources, and its tidal waters and homelands. [1]
The land for Twin Lakes State Park was initially bought from struggling farmers by the federal government during the Great Depression. Two parks, Goodwin Lake and Prince Edward Lake, were founded in 1939 and until the early 1960s were run as two racially segregated parks.