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By Ruth Purnell
Special to the Rappahannock News
Russell Carrier and his two Jack Russell terriers, . “Snitch” and “Jerry Hall” live on his 300-acre property in Castleton.
The land has recently been put under easement by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. This May, Carrier will have lived in Rappahannock County, a place he wants to see preserved.
“‘Easing’ property is something I have believed in for a long time,” said Carrier, who is no stranger to its benefits.
Twenty years ago, he and a limited group of 2Q partners in the Brandy Wine River Museum and Conservancy eased the King Ranch property in Pennsylvania, which was over 10,000 acres.
They purchased the property 20 years ago at $1,200 an acre, and it is now valued at $50,000 an acre. Carrier wants people to know about of the benefits of easing their property, because it is something he said he has “lived and seen.”
When Carrier moved to Virginia he was enthralled by the wide open space, and further amazed at what he says are phenomenal advantages being offered to those who decide to ease land.
“Easing land affords people the opportunity of saving family farms or property that have been in the family for generations,” said Carrier.
The Piedmont Environmental Council states in its Summary of the Benefits of a Conservation Easement that “The primary reason landowners donate conservation easements is to preserve the
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