VA SJR120

Commends the Virginia Outdoors Foundation on its 60th anniversary, having been established by the General Assembly in 1966 to promote open-space land preservation

Recognizes the Foundation's protection of nearly one million acres of farmland, forestland, and open spaces since its founding

Highlights conservation achievements including 425,000 acres of high-quality farm soils, 4,000 miles of streams and rivers, and 300 historic resources on the National Register of Historic Places

Notes the Foundation owns over 3,500 acres of public land and contributed approximately one-third of conserved land in the six-state Chesapeake Bay watershed since 2000

States that 97 percent of Virginians live within 10 miles of land protected by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation