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The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is a quasi-state agency formed by the Virginia General Assembly in 1966 "to promote the preservation of open space lands and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land or other property to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, open-space and recreational areas of the Commonwealth." It currently owns of public land〔(VOF-owned properties )〕 and holds and manages conservation easements on more than of private land.〔(Virginia Outdoors Foundation conservation easement statistics, broken down by locality )〕 The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is governed and administered by a board of seven at-large trustees appointed by Virginia governors for four-year staggered terms. The sitting governor appoints a chairman from among the seven trustees.〔(Virginia Outdoors Foundation board of trustees )〕 Some of the properties that the Virginia Outdoors Foundation currently protects through conservation easements include Carvins Cove and Mill Mountain owned by the City of Roanoke, Wildwood Park in the City of Radford, Shirley Plantation〔(Shirley Plantation ), Governor Kaine Announces Shirley Plantation Easement Donation.〕 in Charles City County, James Madison's Montpelier in Orange County, and more than 4,000 acres of land along the Rappahannock River owned by the City of Fredericksburg.〔(City of Fredericksburg ), City Manager's office.〕 As of 2008, 20 percent of the land in Clarke County, Virginia was covered by conservation easements.〔 〕 ==References== 〔 * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virginia Outdoors Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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