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Programa de Asistencia para la Conservación de Virginia (VCAP)

 The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) is a cost-share program for residential or other developed land uses, providing financial, technical, and educational assistance to property owners who install eligible Best Management Practices (BMPs) in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed. 

​VCAP can help you:

  • Control and minimize erosion

  • Conserve water within the landscape

  • Improve riparian buffer areas

  • Promote wildlife habitat

  • Re-vegetate bare slopes

  • Stabilize drainage ways

  • Treat stormwater runoff

If you are a property owner with buildings at least 1 year old, you may be eligible for VCAP funding.

The following projects and cost-share rates could be available to you:

  • Conservation Landscaping (native plantings of meadows, mulched beds, tree plantings) – 80% of costs up to $7,000

  • Rain Gardens – 80% of costs up to $7,000

  • Dry Wells – 80% of costs up to $7,000

  • Impervious Surface Removal – $5.00/square foot removed up to $20,000

  • Vegetated Stormwater Conveyance Channel – 80% of costs up to $20,000

  • Rainwater Harvesting Systems – $4.00 per gallon treated in a 1-inch storm up to $20,000

  • Bioretention Facilities – 80% of costs up to $30,000

  • Infiltration – 80% of costs up to $30,000

  • Permeable Pavers – $14/square foot installed with a maximum payment of $20,000

  • Green Roofs – $20/square foot up to $30,000

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Interested in a project on your property? Fill out and submit the site visit request form to allyson.ponn@lfswcd.org. Once submitted staff will follow up with any necessary information. We look forward to working with you!

Se pueden encontrar más recursos sobre mejores prácticas de gestión aprobadas por VCAP y oportunidades de capacitación aquí. Para preguntas sobre LFDSWCD Urban BMP, comuníquese con Allyson Ponnallyson.ponn@lfswcd.org(540) 465-2424 extensión 104.

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