The Nature Conservancy
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Virginia
The Nature Conservancy
652 Peter Jefferson Parkway
Suite 190
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Phone:
434-295-6106
Chapter Staff
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State Director
Bettina Ring
Phone: (434) 295-6106 Email: virginiadirector@tnc.org View Biography
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Chief Scientist
Judy Dunscomb
Phone: (434) 951-0573 Email: jdunscomb@tnc.org View Biography
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Director of Marketing and Communications
Ann Nallo
Phone: 804-613-9921 Email: ann.nallo@tnc.org -
Volunteer Program Manager
Jennifer Dalke
Phone: (434) 951-0572 Email: jdalke@tnc.org -
Short Term Experience Program Manager
(contact for questions about internships)
Taylor Fanelli
Phone: (804) 728-0285 Email: taylor.fanelli@tnc.org
Our Philanthropy Team
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Director of Philanthropy
Bramble Klipple
Phone: 703-232-8080 Email: bramble.klipple@tnc.org View Biography
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Associate Director of Philanthropy
John Blackburn
Phone: (434) 295-6106 Email: john.blackburn@tnc.org -
Associate Director of Philanthropy
Madeleine Gill
Phone: (434) 227-4043 Email: madeleine.gill@tnc.org -
Associate Director of Philanthropy
Katherine Knox
Phone: (434) 270-7576 Email: katherine.knox@tnc.org -
Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager
Holly Korab
Phone: (434) 951-0567 Email: hkorab@tnc.org -
Associate Director of Philanthropy
Vanessa Morel
Email: vanessa.morel@tnc.org
State Offices
Contact our community based conservation programs
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Allegheny Highlands Office
208 East Washington Street, Suite B
Lexington, VA 24450
Phone: (540) 627-6085 -
Clinch Valley Office
146 East Main Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
Phone: (276) 676-2209 -
Richmond Office (Chesapeake Bay, Government Relations, Virginia Pinelands Programs)
919 East Main Street, Suite 1525
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 644-5800 -
Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve Office
P.O. Box 158
Nassawadox, VA 23413
Phone: (757) 442-3049 Email: virginiacoastreserve@tnc.org
Newsroom
Latest News
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Eastern Shore Post | July 17, 2023
Staff from TNC's Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve assisted the Virginia Institute of Marine Science during its annual scallop survey.
Bay scallops around Virginia’s barrier islands, like oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, consume algae and plankton, helping to keep the water clean and allowing more sunlight to reach marine plant life, like eelgrass.
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Press Release | August 1, 2023
The Nature Conservancy and Northern Neck Land Conservancy will soon begin construction to restore nearly 10 acres of forested wetlands along Ball Creek in Northumberland County. This project serves as an important milestone in a decades-long effort to restore and permanently protect 223 acres of ecologically-significant land in Virginia’s Northern Neck—a missing link in a 1,068-acre corridor of protected land in the United States’ largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay.
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The University of Virginia’s College at Wise (UVA Wise), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership are delighted to share the 2023 award recipients of the Cumberland Forest Community Fund (CFCF). This competitive local grant program is designed to support nature-based economic and community development projects in seven Southwestern Virginia counties: Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Wise, as well as the City of Norton.
Friends of Southwest Virginia, Appalachian Voices, The Town of Cleveland, Clinch River Valley Initiative, The Town of Wise, The Town of Lebanon, The Town of Pennington Gap, Breaks Interstate Park, SWVA Sportsmen and The Town of St. Paul will receive a total of $140,000 from the 2023 CFCF award for projects ranging from an outdoor education area to a solar array installation to a trail network expansion for rock climbing access.
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The New York Times | May 24, 2023
On Virginia’s Eastern Shore, restoring seagrass meadows is an important tool for addressing climate change, both by capturing emissions and mitigating their effects. VVCR Program Director Jill Bieri and Coastal Scientist Bo Lusk and featured and quoted in this deep dive into the largest and most successful seagrass restoration project in the world.
Connect with The Nature Conservancy Worldwide
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. We are impacting conservation in more than 70 countries and territories—protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.