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.
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Earns National Recognition
VES Land Trust seeks accreditation renewal
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.
Family legacy of conservation
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.