Blackwater Sandhills Natural Area Preserve is a state natural area preserve in Isle of Wight, Virginia. The preserve is not open to the public. The site is owned by Isle of Wight county. The preserve was established in 2012.

Ecology and restoration The upland portions of the preserve consist of over 300 acres of sandhills and upland forests. Reforestation and prescribed burning are used to restore Longleaf Pine and Scrub Oak Sandhill communities. The preserve also includes 500 acres of old-growth tupelo-baldcypress bottomland forest and protects approximately five miles of the Blackwater River.

See also

List of Virginia state natural area preserves

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