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Forestry and Parks commissions urge restoring Northern Virginia Conservation Trust funding, long-term tree canopy investments and deer management
Summary
Forestry and Parks & Recreation commissioners told county leaders they oppose eliminating funding for the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, urged continued investment in tree planting, watering and invasive-species management and supported an ongoing county deer-management program to protect regeneration of urban forests.
Carolina Haines, representing the Forestry and Natural Resources Commission, and a Parks and Recreation representative said the commissions generally support the county manager’s proposed budget items that build the county’s natural capital but object to the proposed elimination of funding for the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT).
Haines said NVCT is “the sole land trust in our region” and that cutting its funding is inconsistent with the…
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