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easements, particularly in cooperation with their neighbors. It would make sense to encourage such interest. (I personally believe that owners of smaller parcels should think twice before offering stand-alone easements; easement clusters are the way to go.)
Conservation easements today protect 12 percent of all private land in Rappahannock County.
Creative public action could easily bring that figure to 50 percent in not too many years.
And, if half of private land could be protected beyond the degree of current zoning, Rappahannock would likely retain the character it enjoys today.
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