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happen after my demise. My husband and children would protect it, but what would happen after they were gone? Would the land be subdivided into plots with more houses? Would someone build a huge mansion on the ridgetop? Could the U. S. Park Service take some of my land for a trailhead parking lot? Might the property be developed as a resort? Current zoning rules give some protection, but zoning rules can be changed as quickly as a new Board of Supervisors can act.
To stop these or similar scenarios from taking place, we investigated placing the entire property into a conservation easement. An easement, we learned from Bob Dennis of Piedmont Environmental Council, is an agreement between the landowner and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The easement permanently restricts the future use of a property in a way that benefits the community while at the same time protecting the landowner from potential public and corporate intrusions on the property.
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