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Outdoors Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth that holds more easements than any vland trust in the United States. Last year, the VOF recorded easements on 11,172 acres. Statewide, it holds easements on 136,142 acres.
However, according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Virginia is losing rural land to development at an annual rate of more than 93,000 acres.
Federal tax benefits also are available to easement donors. For information, call PEC Director of Land Conservation Catherine Scott at 347-2334. PEC is a 27-yearold land conservation organization based in Warrenton.
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