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- ↑ "Virginia Outdoors Foundation Easements & Acres by Locality". Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Virginia Outdoors Foundation Board of Trustees". Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Adams, Mason. "Easement protects land at Carvins Cove". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ Harvey, Neil. "Kaine announces easements to protect Mill Mountain". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ Matzke-Fawcett, Amy. "Radford puts park in conservation easement". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ Shirley Plantation Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine , Governor Kaine Announces Shirley Plantation Easement Donation.
- ↑ Schemmer, Clint. "Montpelier land being saved". The Free Lance-Star. The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ McGarvey, Jason. "VOF's first easement in Norfolk protects a cultural and natural gem". Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ City of Fredericksburg Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine , City Manager's office.
- ↑ "Smith Mountain Cooperative". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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