Our
Activities - A History
Incorporated on January 22, 2004 after a year
of planning and organization, The Northern Neck
Land Conservancy's first annual meeting was held
on March 9 at at the Chinn House on the campus
of
Rappahannock
Community College.
Estie Thomas from Virginia
Outdoors Foundation presented a training program
for board members and friends of the Northern
Neck Land Conservancy on March 25, 2004 at
Rappahannock
Community College.
Middle Peninsula Land
Trust and Northern Neck Land Conservancy jointly
sponsored two programs, on May 6 and 27,
2004, "Conservation
Easements: Requirements and Benefits for Tax Planning
- Strategies for the Land Rich and Cash Poor."
Professionals, such as attorneys, accountants,
bankers, estate planners and realtors were especially
encouraged to attend. Two hours of continuing
education credit were offered.
"A Farm Country Gathering"
was held on July 2, 2004 at "The Oaks"
in Nuttsville. The evening's theme was "How
to save the Family Farm, Open Space and Our Rural
Heritage" It included a short presentation
on the benefits of conservation easements by Rebecca
E. McCoy, CPA, whose practice centers on estate
and income tax planning.
Bonnie Morris, Grants
Chairman of the Garden Club of the Northern Neck,
announced that the Northern Neck Land Conservancy
has been awarded a grant for "Preserving
our Natural and Historic Resources: Books for
Local Libraries". The grant will purchase
books and other resources for libraries in
Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland
Counties.
Sabine Hall in
Richmond
County,
built by the Robert (King) Carter family of Corotoman
in the mid 1700's was the site of a special event
sponsored by Northern Neck Land Conservancy. The
theme was “Boots,
Beer and Barbeque,” and the celebration was
an opportunity to promote membership in the new
organization. Held on Sunday, September
12, 2004, the program included a marsh walk, hay
ride and a bird walk. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
presented Delegates Harvey B. Morgan,
Gloucester
, and Albert C. Pollard Jr., White Stone, with
its Legislator of the Year Award for their efforts
opposing the King William reservoir in the 2004
General Assembly session.
Northern Neck Land Conservancy
held well-attended planning
sessions on January 5 and 6, 2005. The meetings,
at the Chinn House at the Warsaw campus of Rappahannock
Community College, marked efforts to improve cooperation
with partners, such as the Trust for Public Land,
the National Park Service and Virginia Outdoors
Foundation. Budgetary planning based on projected
activities, was addressed.
On March 16, 2005 the
Northern Neck Land Conservancy celebrated its
first anniversary at a meeting
in Warsaw at the Rappahannock Community College.
Mary Louisa Pollard, president, welcomed more
than eighty supporters and friends of Northern
Neck Land Conservancy. Representatives from the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Virginia Outdoors
Foundation, The Nature Conservancy and the Virginia
Farm Bureau were also present and available to
answer specific conservation questions after the
meeting.
John Wolf of the Chesapeake
Bay Program of the National Park Service presented
a fascinating computer mapping program to show
one way to look at bay preservation issues. |
