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Agricultural,
forestal issues
A one-day statewide conference on the benefits, problems, and issues associated with agricultural and forestal benefits will be held at Charlottesville Ramada Inn, Thursday, March 27 starting at 8:00 a.m.
Agricultural and forestal districts are areas designated to be maintained as high quality agricultural and forest land. These districts are authorized on a local-option basis by a law enacted in 1977.
As of January, 1986, the board of supervisors for 20 counties had established a total of 113 districts containing a total of 466,800 acres. Another 16 counties have considered establishing one or more districts but have not done so.
The conference is designed for landowners and elected and appointed members of local government bodies.
“Each speaker at the conference has been involved directly with the working of agricultural and forestal districts in several counties of the state,” said J. Paxton Marshall, Virginia Tech Extension agricultural economist who is organizing the conference. Among the speakers will be representatives from the Office of the Attorney General and from the Virginia Senate.
The conference is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Virginia, Office of Attorney General, Piedmont Environmental Council, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia Division of Soil and Water Conservation.
Anyone interested may attend. The $25 registration fee includes lunch. More information is available from local Virginia Cooperative Extension Service agents.
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