Hali Plourde-Rogers
VES Land Trust is moving!
VES Land Trust is moving!
Hali Plourde-Rogers
Paint the Shore Connects Artists and Community ...

The Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust (VESLT) held its biennial Paint the Shore event this fall. A group of 17 artists painted en plein air on conservation lands under easement with VESLT, culminating in a November reception and art exhibit. This fall Nandua Middle School Eighth Graders were also featured during Paint the Shore.

Paint the Shore Connects Artists and Community to Protected Lands
Mona Tyler
Sunset Cruise

Thank you to John and Harriet Malbon for a beautiful evening aboard their yacht celebrating 20 years of conservation on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. VES Land Trust was joined by the hosts and 40 guests for a Chesapeake Bay cruise from Kings Creek Marina.

Sunset Cruise
Hali Plourde-Rogers
Earl Frederick and Terry Thompson Preserve ...

In October of 2022, Earl Frederick and Terry Thompson donated a conservation easement on Rock Bottom Farm, 49 acres, to Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust.

Earl Frederick and Terry Thompson Preserve Seaside Farm
Mona Tyler
Picture the Shore

The Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust held the first Picture the Shore event this fall. Students from Nandua Middle School and Broadwater Academy participated with Amateur Photographers from the community. At the exhibit opening and reception held on November 4th, the audience awarded two photographers, one student and one amateur, with the People's Choice Award.

Picture the Shore

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Keeping land in the family

Keeping land in the family

On November 17th, VES Land Trust, Black Family Land Trust, Piedmont Environmental Council, and Virginia United Land Trusts hosted Keeping Land in the Family, a webinar that reviewed what heirs’ property is, how you become an heir, what resources you and your family need to make the best decisions about your land, the basics of the new Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act. A recording of the webinar and additional resources are available here.

VES Land Trust and SEAS help landowners combat eroding shorelines

VES Land Trust and SEAS help landowners combat eroding shorelines

All over the Eastern Shore, we are experiencing both sea level rise and sinking land levels. These trends put our waterfront lands at risk. When the slope to sea level is gradual, there is space for marshes to expand and migrate landward. However, land with higher elevations and structure and infrastructure in the way is less resilient.