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The Citizens for Land Rights largely consists of landowners whose property, now deemed eligible for historic designation, is locked into state and federal bureaucracies lim' iting its usage.
They are angry because much of what has been decided about their property can be done without their permission, said Ms. Hansohn.
“When you are either eligible for or designated an historical site, then you must follow strict guidelines for getting permits and licenses when working with federal funds. The landowners are against this, yet it J happened anyway,” she said.
Specifically, the process for historic designation works in this way. The Brandy Station Foundation nominated 3,000 acres to the Virginia Historic Resources Board. That board can, without the consent of the landowners, decide it should ' be considered for historic desig•' nation.
The board automatically nominates it to the National Register of Historic Places, a branch of the Na" tional Park Service. At that point, said Ms. Hansohn, the federal gov-• emment must notify landowners of the possibility and a majority vote - must approve it. ‘ Ms. Hansohn said 80 percent of the landowners said no. “Then somer- thing incredible happened. The Na- tional Park Service chose not to take ' it back to the National Register board to vote yes or no on its historic
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