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By Naomi Smoot-Kimble
Special to the Rappahannock News
Phil Irwin, owner of Caledonia Farm in Flint Hill, is one of three landowners who has been approved by the Virginia Outdoor Foundation for easements in Rappahannock County so far this year.
Irwin said in a recent interview that he chose to put his entire farm under easements because “it’s the ultimate preservation. There’s nothing that will act to save land like an open space easement.”
In addition to Irwin, two other properties being nut under easement
this year belong Jo Marie Ridder with 51 acres being preserved outside Flint Hill and Nancy Wicker with 23 acres near Laurel Mills. These properties have been approved by the Virginia Outdoor Foundation but there is still more of the process to be completed before they are officially under easement.
Last year the Piedmont Environmental Council marked its 30th
91.9%