| We are delighted to announce that the Virginia Native Plant Society has selected the work we are doing to purchase the mineral rights under proposed Wilderness within the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area as their annual fundraiser. We think permanently protecting these special places as Wilderness is important and in order to do so it is necessary for us to obtain the mineral rights. Please make your donation to this worthy cause today! |  View from Reddish Knob by Brad Striebig |
From VNPS:
Our 2022 fundraiser is underway! Help us protect over 30,000 acres for the creation of Shenandoah National Scenic Area for future generations to enjoy!
This year VNPS will partner with the Virginia Wilderness Committee (VWC) and the Friends of Shenandoah Mountain (FSM) to help protect and preserve four key wilderness areas in the proposed Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area of Virginia.
Although the US Forest Service owns this land, private individuals and companies own the underground mineral rights and can develop and extract those minerals. As long as there is the possibility of development and mining, the Forest Service will not protect these lands by designating them as a National Scenic Area or Wilderness Area.
We hope to help VWC and FSM with our financial assistance to acquire mineral rights from the current owners and transfer those rights to the Forest Service. They have already had success in acquiring mineral rights in these areas and need our help to continue identifying mineral rights ownership and to purchase the rights for four tracts that have been identified.
https://vnps.org/vwcfund/
Our 2022 fundraiser is underway! Help us protect over 30,000 acres for the creation of Shenandoah National Scenic Area for future generations to enjoy!
This year VNPS will partner with the Virginia Wilderness Committee (VWC) and the Friends of Shenandoah Mountain (FSM) to help protect and preserve four key wilderness areas in the proposed Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area of Virginia.
Although the US Forest Service owns this land, private individuals and companies own the underground mineral rights and can develop and extract those minerals. As long as there is the possibility of development and mining, the Forest Service will not protect these lands by designating them as a National Scenic Area or Wilderness Area.
We hope to help VWC and FSM with our financial assistance to acquire mineral rights from the current owners and transfer those rights to the Forest Service. They have already had success in acquiring mineral rights in these areas and need our help to continue identifying mineral rights ownership and to purchase the rights for four tracts that have been identified.
https://vnps.org/vwcfund/
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