Discover what your Soil and Water Conservation District can do for YOU!

Did you know that your Soil and Water Conservation District provides technical assistance, information, educational programs, volunteer opportunities, and newsletters to citizens on many aspects of water quality, non point source pollution, and stream health.

 

The Soil and Water Conservation District offers VACS and VCAP within our community.

VCAP – The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program

This urban cost-share program provides:

  • Cost-share and financial Incentives
  • Technical Assistance with project selection and design
  • Informational resources

**Eligible to property owners installing approved Best Management Practices in Virginia’s participating Soil and Water Conservation Districts.**

VACS – Virginia Agricultural Cost Share Program

Cost-share funding is available to help agricultural producers and landowners protect soil and water resources with practices including:

  • Livestock Exclusion Fencing
  • Rotational Grazing
  • Nutrient Management
  • Cover Crops
  • Pasture Management
  • Animal Waste Management
  • Streambank Erosion
  • Riparian Buffer Planting
  • Afforestation
  • And more

Check out the SWCD counties below:

Greene, Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Rappahannock Counties

Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District

351 Lakeside Drive Culpeper, VA 22701

(540) 825-8591

Greene/Orange/Madison: spencery@culpeperswcd.org

Culpeper/Rappahannock: davidm@culpeperswcd.org

 

Counties Served: Greene, Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Rappahannock
Fauquier County
98 Alexandria Pike, Suite 33 Warrenton, VA 20186
540-422-8490
johnmarshall.swcd@vaswcd.org
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Counties Served: Fauquier County
 
Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George Counties and City of Fredericksburg
4811 Carr Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22408
(540) 656-2401
(540) 656-2402
tricountycity@tccswcd.org
Counties Served: Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George Counties and City of Fredericksburg
Caroline and Hanover Counties
Physical Address:13224 Courthouse Road Suite 201 Hanover, VA 23069
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 446 Hanover, VA 23069
(804) 365-6000
(804) 537-3009
ctyadm@hanovercounty.gov
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Counties Served: Caroline and Hanover Counties
Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster Counties
P.O. Box 220 5585 Richmond Road Warsaw, VA 22572
(804) 313-9102
Counties Served: Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster Counties
Essex, King and Queen, King William Counties
772 Richmond Beach Road, Suite 7 Tappahannock, VA 22560-5001
(804) 443-2327 ext 4
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Counties Served: Essex, King and Queen, King William Counties
Middlesex, Gloucester, and Matthews Counties
Physical Address: 6969 Fox Hunt Ln Gloucester, VA 23061
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 677 Gloucester, VA 23061
(804) 699-3482
Counties Served: Middlesex, Gloucester, and Matthews Counties

Riparian Forests for Landowners Program (RFFL)

The DOF Riparian Forests for Landowners (RFFL) program provides flexible, no-cost riparian forest buffer installation and one year of maintenance to landowners. The program is being implemented by DOF and partner organizations in a unique watershed-based partnership. Funding is provided by the Inflation Reduction Act through the USDA Forest Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Water Quality Improvement Fund Act. This program is open to private property owners including property/homeowner’s associations or civic leagues in rural, urban or suburban areas.

Visit Virginia Department of Forestry’s RFFL program page, to learn more.

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