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land is under easement, and in Clarke County 8,173 acres or 7.6 percent is.

Robert Dennis, PEC president, said the “primary motivating factor for the landowners is to protect a piece of property, but they are not unmindful of the tax benefits.”

Mr. Dennis said, “Each easement is separately negotiated” with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. He said in the case of larger parcels the VOF is striving to restrict future development to 100-acie parcels. In

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