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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dwyer’s donation of an open-space easement on 914.9 acres just north of Massie’s Comer is not only the largest in the county to date, but also protects part of one of the county’s most splendid views.
The easement, granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, means that tight restrictions have been placed on the future development of the property. The acreage is part of the Dwyers’ Black Rock Farm, and includes the slopes of both Big Mulky and Little Mulky mountains, just west of U.S. 522.
The Dwyer easement brings the total acreage in Rappahannock County protected by open-space easements to just over 4,000 acres, according to Piedmont Environmental Council President Robert Dennis.
And, he pointed out, the Dwyer property adjoins two other properties under easement, bringing the total acreage in that protected block to more than 1,400 acres, from Massie’s Comer across the Fodderstack Road to the Birds’ Horseshoe Hollow farm and Susan Babcock’s property.
“I’m delighted to see it,” Mr. Dennis said of the Dwyers’ gift. “It is the most significant easement in the county to date. ”
Such open-space or scenic easements are becoming important tools for the preservation of farmland, according to Mr. Dennis and Phil Irwin, former president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection.
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