The Nature Conservancy
Virginia
Virginia
The Nature Conservancy
652 Peter Jefferson Parkway
Suite 190
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Phone:
434-295-6106
Chapter Staff
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Interim Executive Director
David Phemister
Phone: (434) 295-6106 Email: virginiadirector@tnc.org -
Director of Philanthropy
Liz Blaine
Phone: (434) 951-0564 Email: liz.blaine@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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Media Relations Manager
Kelley Galownia
Phone: (571) 403-4625 Email: kelley.galownia@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
Liz Blaine
Phone: (434) 951-0564 Email: liz.blaine@tnc.org -
Deputy Director of Philanthropy
Carrie Kirk
Phone: (540) 383-5946 Email: ckirk@tnc.org -
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, Ste. B
Lexington, VA 24450
Phone: (540) 839-3599 -
Clinch Valley Office
146 East Main Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
Phone: (276) 676-2209 -
Richmond Office (Chesapeake Bay, Government Relations, Virginia Pinelands Programs)
530 E. Main St, Suite 800
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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State Work Group on Solar Development Achieves Little Consensus
Virginia Mercury | December 20, 2022
Siting of solar projects is the subject of growing debate in Virginia, one in which TNC has become a key voice. Associate State Director Nikki Rovner is quoted twice in the story sharing what consensus around this topic should look like and why forested land is so important to water quality and carbon sequestration.
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Editorial: Bipartisan Consensus on Solar Encouraging
The Roanoke Times | December 16, 2022
Associate State Director Nikki Rovner is quoted in this editorial applauding the bipartisan push to responsibly expand renewable energy in Virginia, referencing TNC's collaboration with solar companies to develop some of the first utility-scale solar projects on former surface mines in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia.
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On the Edge of Retreat
Washington Post | November 28, 2022
An Eastern Shore community left their homes on Hog Island in the 1930s to escape storms and rising seas. A new generation is now grappling with many of the same threats faced by their parents and grandparents. Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve Program Director Jill Bieri is quoted in this multimedia feature examining the challenges faced by an Eastern Shore community grappling with climate change.
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Saving Island Birds
Chesapeake Bay Magazine | November 17, 2022
In August, Chesapeake Bay Magazine reporter Marty LeGrand joined TNC staff on the Eastern Shore to learn about the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve program's migratory bird work, spending a day with TNC Coastal Scientist Alex Wilke as she checks on shorebird nests.
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Department of Forestry Creates 200th Conservation Easement in Virginia
Augusta Free Press | November 5, 2022
The Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) has announced the creation of its 200th conservation easement in the Commonwealth of Virginia with the addition of the 1,428-acre property in Wise County known as Pine Mountain.
DOF collaborated with The Nature Conservancy to help conserve more than 1,400 acres of managed forests and four miles of headwater streams. TNC identifies Pine Mountain as an essential forested corridor for wildlife movement in the Central Appalachians.
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Virginia Brewery Uses Eastern Shore Eelgrass in Conservation-Themed Brew
WHRO Public Media | October 4, 2022
Jon Warner, lab director and co-owner of Richmond’s Väsen Brewing Company joined Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve (VVCR) staff in the seaside bays of Virginia’s Eastern Shore to grab the underwater plants for a conservation-themed brew.
Named Barrier Islands Gose, it’s one of four beers nonprofit The Nature Conservancy launched over the weekend as part of what they call the OktoberForest Virginia Collection.
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