Streamside Success Stories

Landowners restore a buffer that protects the James River and provides food and shelter to wildlife that travels through the area frequently.

A fourth-generation cattle farmer takes steps to heal and preserve the land for future generations.

A creek running through a residential Charlottesville property was eroding its banks. Native grasses and wildflowers stabilized the area and invited wildlife.

This cattle farm in Cumberland County needed to establish protected buffer areas and a rotational grazing system for the herd.

This Rockbridge County farm needed invasives control and a little TLC to repair damage from grazing cattle.

The existing wooded riparian buffer areas on his 17 acres in Amherst County needed to be revived and extended.

Landowners of Braford Farms in Rockbridge County wanted to build on early efforts to establish a buffer, and implement strategies to minimize damage from cattle.

Straddling both sides of the James River in Goochland and Powhatan Counties, the State Farm needed comprehensive conservation plan to keep cattle from steams and restore streamside forests and wetlands.

Highland, the home of James Monroe in Albemarle County, needed help with controlling invasives that were choking out native plants and impeding enjoyment of the trails.

Stoney Crest Farm in Albemarle County needed cattle exclusion fencing and restoration of the riparian forest.