Programs: Capital region land conservancy, inc. ("the conservancy") recorded two conservation easements held solely by crlc and recorded three conservation easements co-held with the henricopolis soil and water conservation district. These easements include the following - held by crlc: 1) 145. 22 acre property in powhatan county known as "norwood" that is listed on the national register of historic places and is adjacent to the james river; 2) 180. 84 acres in chesterfield county with one mile of frontage on the james river, 80 acres of emergent wetlands, and two miles of public access trails. The property is adjacent to wetlands owned by virginia commonwealth university's rice rivers center, across the river from 810-acre dutch gap conservation area, andwithin the viewshed of henricus historical park. Co-held by crlc and henricopolis soil and water conservation district: 1) 6. 577 acre property in henrico county adjacent to 262-acre joseph bryan park in the city of richmond; 2) 81. 728 acre property in henrico county along four mile creek and containing civil war earthworks; and 3) 171 acre property in henrico county along the chickahominy river. The conservancy facilitated two additional easements: one easement for the virginia outdoors foundation - the 211-acre property in henrico county is within the battlefield of the second battle of deep bottom and protects rural land uses such as forestry and agriculture; and one easement for the virginia department of forestry - the 226 acre property in central powhatan county protects over 3500 feet of streams, 145 acres of forest, and 81 acres of agricultural land. The conservancy continued to conduct due diligence and fundraising toward its acquisition of the 871-acre malvern hill farm in henrico county for $6,562,000. Closing occurred on february 1, 2018. Crlc was accepted into the 2018 land trust alliance's accreditation application round. The conservancy premiered a 3-minute video promoting its work to acquire malvern hill farm at the rva environmental film festival, an event the conservancy also sponsored. The conservancy hosted its annual fields, forests + streams event at tuckahoe plantation (120 attendees); coordinated a guided nature hike of the 262-acre brown & williamson conservation area along the james river (18 attendees) and of the 109-acre atkins acres (8 attendees); conducted two landowner educational seminars (total of 36 attendees); developed the outreach program "a sand county almanac revisited: conversations about land, people, and community", hosting two events to screen the documentary "green fire: aldo leopold and a land ethic for our time and facilitate small group discussions (total of 58 attendees); continued to establish policy to hold conservation easements; participated in numerous meetings of rva h20, historic falls of the james advisory council, and coastal zone management planning for the chickahominy river; exhibited at community earth day events in powhatan and richmond; hired a land stewardship and outreach coordinator; staff attended the virginia's united land trusts conference in williamsburg; improved communication using social media on facebook, twitter, and regular e-newsletters; assisted numerous landowners in preserving their property; welcomed 98 new members renewal rate in excess of 85%; and garnered more than twenty-five press mentions discussing crlc's conservation work and the relationship between land conservation and water quality in such publications as the richmond times-dispatch, henrico citizen, powhatan today, various organizational newsletters, as well as wcve/national public radio and other local television broadcasts. The conservancy holds four conservation easements on 12/31/17. These easements consist of the following:1) . 7099 acre property in the city of richmond which is adjacent to the james river park preserving the iconic view of downtown richmond from richmond's south side; and2) . 7099 acre property in the city of richmond adjacent to the above property preserving the iconic view of downtown richmond from richmond's southside. 3) 145. 22 acre property in powhatan county known as "norwood" that is listed on the national register of historic places and adjacent to the james river. 4) 180. 84 acre property in chesterfield county with one mile of frontage on the james river containing 80 acres of immergint wetlands and adjacent to wetlands owned by the virginia commonwealth university's rice rivers center and across the river from 810-acre dutch gap conservation area and within the viewshed of henricus historical park. The conservancy co-holds twelve conservation easements on 12/31/17. These easements consist of the following:1) the conservancy co-holds 1 easement with enrichmond foundation, a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, and virginia department of conservation and recreation, on 12/31/17. This easement consists of 384. 6 acres in city of richmond. 2) the conservancy co-holds 2 easements with virginia outdoors foundation, a virginia state agency, on 12/31/17. These easements consist of 337. 4 acres in powhatan county and 262 acres in chesterfield county. 3) the conservancy co-holds 4 easements with the henricopolis soil & water conservation district on 12/31/17. These easements consist of 268. 505 acres in henrico county. 4) the conservancy co-holds 3 easements with james river association, a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, on 12/31/17. These easements consist of 278. 5 acres in goochland county. 5) the conservancy co-holds 1 easement with chesterfield county on 12/31/17. This easement consists of 26. 9 acres in chesterfield county. 6) the conservancy co-holds 1 easement with the land trust of virginia, a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, on 12/31/17. The easement consists of 70. 8 acres in hanover county. The conservancy holds conservation easements for the protection of natural habitat, preservation of open space, and preservation of a historically important land area. It did not modify, sell, transfer, release, extinguish or terminate any easements in 2017. The conservancy did not hold any conservation easements on a certified historic structure, and currently holds 4 conservation easements and co-holds 12 conservation easements. The conservancy spent 106 hours monitoring, inspecting and enforcing conservation easements in 2017. It incurred $2,294 of expenses to monitor, inspect and enforce easements during 2017. Irc sections 170(h)(4)(b)(i) and 170(h)(4)(b)(ii) do not apply, because it does not hold any easements on a certified historic structure. Since the conservancy only co-holds or holds conservation easements, it does not report the conservation easements in its revenue and expense statement, or on its balance sheet. All of the properties, subject to a conservation easement, the conservancy holds or co-holds are in virginia.
