Northern Virginia Planning District Commission Northern Virginia
Conservation Corridor Planning Project Description as Proposed:
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) proposes a two-
year project to develop a conservation corridor plan for the
region and begin its implementation. The conservation priority
map developed as part of the Virginia Conservation Lands Needs
Assessment will be refined using local data. NVRC and its
partners will identify and map natural resource features across
the region that should be considered as potential conservation
corridors to identify a network of open and forested green
space. Connections between the Northern Virginia region with the
ongoing efforts of the George Washington region will be
highlighted to improve connectivity across the coastal zone. To
increase awareness on the benefits of conservation corridor
planning in the region, NVRC and its partners will develop a
presentation, model text, and GIS layers that could be
incorporated into local comprehensive p