Conservation.
Restoration.
Innovation.
Conserving land and water for life.
Coastal Virginia Conservancy, formerly known as the Living River Trust, conserves land, restores water quality, and innovates solutions for public access to the waterways. Coastal Virginia Conservancy understands the balance between community health, environmental quality, and economic development and creates smart innovative solutions to help the Elizabeth River continue to live and work for our community.
Thank you, Coastal Virginia Magazine!
We are truly honored to receive recognition in Coastal Virginia Magazine’s prestigious 2023 Giving Back Awards. Explore the full article highlighting the winners of the 2023 Giving Back Awards by clicking here.
Pictured Above, From Left to Right: Liz Friel, Executive Director; Jen Cool, Board Member; Rolston Audain, Board Member; Casey Cool
Coastal Virginia is a special place with a stunning natural environment where we live, play and work.
What do you love about Coastal Virginia?
Share your photos with us at Info@CoVaConserve.org and with your permission, we will share them here. You could even win a CVC tee shirt!
What do you love about Coastal Virginia?
The Coastal Virginia Conservancy loves conserving the natural beauty of our area and restoring our water!
And we are on a roll – protecting and enhancing the Coastal Virginia community, with projects like these:
Protect Land
We now protect land in all Coastal Virginia, forever keeping environmentally sensitive land in its natural state as we did recently for Newton Neck Park – a new 88-acre waterfront public park in Chesapeake on the Elizabeth River. This park was needed to meet a deficit in public space in the adjacent residential communities and the area as a whole. The park opened in March 2023 and is already enjoyed by the community, with trails and planned water access in this underserved residential area of Chesapeake. Without our work, this would not have been possible.
Restore Water
We continue to protect water by cleaning up the river bottom through our award-winning restoration program, forever erasing past environmental damage as we did in the Paradise Creek project in Portsmouth. This massive cleanup, where tons of pollutants were removed, was completed in September 2022. Without our work cleaning up the river bottom, other measures such as wetlands and oyster restoration are incomplete. Clean water for the community who fish and recreate in Paradise Creek would not have been possible without our efforts.
With your help, we can protect their community’s land and water for LIFE!
Would you like to join us as a member or donor?
Please see membership information here.
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Notes from the Coast | 2023
Coastal Virginia Conservancy - Doing the Most for the Coast! Can you believe it's been almost six months since the spring equinox, when the Living River Trust announced its name change to Coastal Virginia Conservancy? (See video “Introducing Coastal Virginia Conservancy” CLICK HERE) Although we have a new name, we retain our deep roots protecting land and water in Hampton Roads. CVC has a passion for conserving the natural beauty of our area...
Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility Statement
Board of Trustees — ADOPTED
Coastal Virginia Conservancy’s mission of protecting land and water for life means protecting those resources for all communities and for all communities’ benefit. The significance of that mission has only increased, and we envision Coastal Virginia as a community that balances a diverse and growing area with land, water, and wildlife, maintaining its public access to the environment and positive ecological benefits for the millions of people in our region. To achieve our mission, we embrace and cultivate inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in our conservation and restoration work within our organization and community.
Coastal Virgnia Conservancy thanks our donors and granting agencies
for their support for saving land and water for life!
