Virginia. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation is an outgrowth of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development which became known as the Department of Conservation and Historic Resources January 1, 1985. The Department was renamed July 1, 1989, with the loss of the Division of Historic Landmarks to its own new Department of Historic Resources.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation traces its origin to the State Commission on Conservation and Development established by the 1926 General Assembly. The original Commission consolidated the powers and duties of the Water Power and Development Commission, State Geological Commission, State Geological Survey, State Geologist, and the State Forester. Since that date numerous state programs have been created within, assigned to, or reassigned from the Department. The Commission was vested with the power to condemn and acquire land and other property for public park purposes.

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