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tion of US 522 (a “Virginia Byway”), the watershed of the Rappahannock State Scenic River, the water supply of the Fredericksburg region, and views from the Skyline Drive and Appalachian Trail — as well as support for “five goals of the Rappahannock County Comprehensive Plan of 1998.”
It also puts on record that the donor “believes that open-space conservation easements serve to protect scenic, natural, agricultural, and open space values of properties in a manner that permits continued private ownership of land while fulfilling public conservation purposes.”
Wakefield Manor’s action brings Rappahannock’s easement total to 14,072 acres, or 10.3 percent of all privately owned land. Of this total, 6,156 acres lie in the Wakefield Magisterial District north and east of Flint Hill. And 53 percent of the
See EASEMENT, Page A3
94.7%