弗吉尼亚州新建水牛山州级保护区：收购2211英亩 州属保护地增至4332英亩
Richmond — 弗吉尼亚州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格10月15日宣布，通过收购弗洛伊德县与卡罗尔县境内的2,211英亩土地，新建水牛山弗吉尼亚州级保护区，使州保护与游憩部在水牛山一带持有的土地总量增至4,332英亩。
项目由州林业部动用950万美元联邦森林遗产计划拨款，与全国性非营利机构保护基金会合作完成。新保护区环绕既有的水牛山天然区保护地，内有近14英里的原生鳟鱼溪流；其溪流位于新河源头区，州长办公室称新河为弗吉尼亚州与西弗吉尼亚州逾67.5万人提供饮用水。土地原属劳森家族持有逾百年。
州府表示，保护与游憩部将为新保护区制定管理计划并扩大公众进入。此前阶段已使既有天然区保护地扩围975英亩至2,121英亩；该保护地以山顶视野著称，每年约有1.5万人到访。
Virginia Creates New State Conservation Area at Buffalo Mountain With 2,211-Acre Acquisition
Richmond — Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on October 15 announced the creation of a new Virginia State Conservation Area at Buffalo Mountain through the acquisition of 2,211 acres in Floyd and Carroll counties, bringing the total Department of Conservation and Recreation land at Buffalo Mountain to 4,332 acres.
The project, carried out through the Department of Forestry with a $9.5 million federal Forest Legacy grant and in partnership with The Conservation Fund, surrounds the existing Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve and protects nearly 14 miles of native trout streams. The streams sit in the headwaters of the New River, which the governor's office said provides drinking water to more than 675,000 people in Virginia and West Virginia. The land had been held by the Lawson family for over a century.
The state said DCR will develop a management plan and expand public access. An earlier phase expanded the existing natural area preserve by 975 acres to 2,121 acres; the preserve draws about 15,000 visitors a year.
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