The Virginia Land & Energy Navigator: A Decision Support Tool for Localities Balancing Natural Resource Conservation and Economic Development Interests
Webinar Details
When:
Mar 20, 2023 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Pat Donovan - GIS Lab Manager, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
- Dan Goerlich - Associate Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Brandon Herndon - Director, Center for Geospatial Information Technology, Virginia Tech
- John Ignosh - Advanced Specialist, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Cooperative Extension
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Balancing economic development and natural resource conservation is important for localities, the Commonwealth of Virginia, landowners, and other interested parties. Recognizing the importance of this issue the Virginia General Assembly adopted HB894, Section 3 of which charged Virginia Cooperative Extension with leading an effort to develop a map or repository of prime farmland in consultation with relevant and necessary state agencies and other partners. This presentation will describe the process used to address this charge and provide an overview and introduction to the Virginia Land and Energy Navigator (VaLEN), a web-based resource that supports land use planning and decision-making at the local level.
Above is the Virginia Land and Energy Navigator
The Land & Energy Navigator was a fast-moving, collaborative effort that started when HB894 became effective as of July 1, 2022. The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service was expected to submit an initial report on this effort to the Governor and General Assembly less than six months later (by December 1, 2022). Four members of the team that developed this tool will share their insights about the process of creating the tool, as well as information on how to use it.
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