>>Southhampton County Gets Millions for New State Forest
(Southampton County, VA) -- Southampton County is set to receive millions for a new state forest. Sara Bartlett has the details.Preview: Voicer Script:
More than 14-million dollars has been allocated for three conservation projects in the county. The funds are being provided through the Department of Agriculture's Forest Legacy Program. Southampton will be getting more than three-million for the Assamoosic Pinelands State Forest Project which will establish a new state forest. The state-recognized Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia and the Virginia Department of Forestry and The Nature Conservancy will be entering into a co-stewardship to manage the property in the center of the former Nottoway Indian Tribe reservation.