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OUR CURRENT LAND PROJECTS
Onkyayun Oheki · Mountain to Valley
Onkyayun Oheki · Mountain to Valley
Our principal land acquisition and conservation program connects individual properties with forest continuity, watershed health, and habitat connectivity.
Project areas can overlap. Proposed landscape boundaries are identified separately from land currently held or protected.
He Kawiyani Mani
He Kawiyani Mani
683 acres · Formerly "Short Hills"
He Kawiyani Mani is a forest conservation landscape managed for biodiversity, watershed protection, and ecological restoration. Priorities include maintaining native forest communities, supporting natural regeneration, and protecting habitat connections. Acquisition and conservation partnerships reduce fragmentation while ongoing stewardship supports the long-term health of protected land.
Irish Creek
Irish Creek
61 acres
Irish Creek carries enduring ecological, historical, and cultural significance for the region’s Indigenous communities. Our work brings forest and waterway restoration, Indigenous agriculture, and education together. Long-term planning seeks to connect existing and future conservation protections while maintaining ecological function.
Taxka Tapi · Heart of the Forest
Taxka Tapi · Heart of the Forest
~30,000 acre conservation vision · Regional corridor
Taxka Tapi addresses conservation at the scale of the wider landscape. Through strategic acquisition and partnerships, we seek to connect NDPonics properties with neighboring protected lands and regional conservation efforts, maintaining larger, more continuous habitats and reducing the effects of fragmentation.
Oheki Mandukai · Turkey Mountain
Oheki Mandukai · Turkey Mountain
60 acres
Oheki Mandukai is an ongoing initiative to protect mountain landscapes, watershed functions, wildlife habitat, and cultural values. Land acquisition and conservation partnerships support the care of these forests, including habitat for migratory and resident birds.
LEARNING, RESEARCH & STEWARDSHIP
Ongoing Partnerships
Ongoing Partnerships
Our working sites connect protected land with research, environmental education, agricultural experimentation, and community-led programming.
Kihkǫspé:hla Living Laboratory
Kihkǫspé:hla Living Laboratory
6 acres
NDPonics owns and stewards this conservation site, originally donated by Washington and Lee University. In partnership with Indigenous East, the living laboratory connects ecological research, environmental education, cultural learning, and interdisciplinary inquiry. It supports college classes, visiting scholars, Yesàh community organizations, and select student groups. Visits and research are arranged in advance.
Completed Projects
Completed Projects
Earlier projects helped establish our current conservation practice. Completion dates describe the original initiatives; long-term care of protected land continues.
Eena-Ahtay · Mother-Father
Eena-Ahtay · Mother-Father
79 acres · Completed 2021
Beginning with land acquired in 2019, Eena-Ahtay developed an agro-ecological and ethnobotanical approach to forest restoration. Work carried out from 2019 to 2021 helped transform the site into a traditional Indigenous ethno-forest and informs continuing practices in native food plants, forest health, and Indigenous agroforestry.
Mystic Forest
Mystic Forest
~180 easement acres · 454-acre connected corridor · Completed 2018
In 2018, NDPonics secured Virginia Outdoors Foundation conservation easements on approximately 180 acres of privately owned mountain forests. This earlier protection work helped establish an unbroken 454-acre wildlife corridor and strengthened connections with neighboring conservation lands.
Mani Ame · Ground Water
Mani Ame · Ground Water
· Completed 2022
Mani Ame completed the purchase of an important wetland where springs and a valley creek meet. The project protected the hydrological functions of this confluence and the aquatic habitat and native vegetation that depend on it.
Work with us
Work with us
To make gifts of land or in-kind support for our work, contact hello@ndponics.org. Visits to any of our properties are arranged in advance.
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