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The Virginia Natural Area Preserve System is a system of protected areas in the state of Virginia. It is managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. As of 2024, there are sixty-six (66) dedicated preserves in Virginia totaling 61,102 acres (247.27 km 2).
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve is a 298-acre (121 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Northampton County, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay. [2] Fifty-foot-tall (15 m) dunes within the preserve are among the highest points on Virginia's Eastern Shore .
Virginia Natural Area Preserve System reserves — managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to protect threatened &/or rare native plants−animals−plant communities Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natural Area Preserves of Virginia and Nature reserves in Virginia .
Virginia Nature Centers (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Virginia . To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve is a 316-acre (128 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Northumberland County , Virginia . It is one in a series of protected areas lining the shores of the Chesapeake Bay , and contains one of the region's most significant wetlands for marsh -bird habitats.
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
The Virginia State Commission of Conservation and Development was created in 1926 under Governor Harry F. Byrd to consolidate and coordinate several conservation agencies: the Water Power and Development Commission, the State Geological Commission, the State Geological Survey, Office of the State Geologist, Office of the State Forester, and the Division of Parks.
Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve is a 105-acre (42 ha) Natural Area Preserve located in Mathews County, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay.It contains beach, low dune, and salt marsh habitats, and provides a haven for rare marsh and colonial nesting birds, The preserve also protects habitat for two globally rare species, the northeastern beach tiger beetle and sea-beach knotweed.