Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 1 · column 2 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
the director of the Lord Fairfax Planning District put it. But last week’s gathering of government officials and citizen activists to hear innovative conservation strategies that have worked elsewhere was a step toward making it a reality.
“From this conference, we want to see the controls people have been able to impose in other areas,” Mr. Whitehouse noted.
The reserve would be a coordinated effort by the state and nine Piedmont counties, he said. It would be a rural conservation area that might encompass 9 million acres.
“We’re partly there,” Mr. Whitehouse noted, reporting that 300,000 acres already have some degree of protection through conservation easements
(Continued on Page 18)
96.6%