Described as one of Va.’s
most pristine watersheds
Friends of Dragon Run and Chesapeake Conservancy recently announced the permanent conservation of more than 650 acres of essential wildlife habitat along Dragon Run, a blackwater stream with associated swamps that flows into the Piankatank River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. This achievement marks a major milestone in decades of collaborative, landscape-scale conservation in one of the Chesapeake Bay watershed’s most ecologically intact landscapes.
The newly conserved land protects more than 2.5 miles of Dragon Run frontage and approximately 250 acres of bald cypress-tupelo swamp, closing a critical gap in and extending a wildlife corridor within the 90,000-acre Dragon Run…
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