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According to a 2003 study that was done by the American Farmland Trust in Culpeper County, farms and other open lands use only $0.32 in local services for every dollar of taxes paid, while homes require $1.22 for every dollar paid. Land placed under permanent easement also lowers the value used by the state to determine local f ability to pay, which results in increased binding from the Commonwealth for schools and other county services.
Easements also support two major industries of the Piedmont: agriculture and tourism. Like other landowners, farmers can gain needed capital by placing an easement on their land and earning a substantial state tax credit which they may either use or sell. Farmers also benefit from reduced appraisal values on their land, which lightens their tax burden. In Albemarle, Clarke, and Fauquier, working farms received money from publicly supported Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) programs.
Maintaining the integrity of the rural landscape also plays an important role in ensuring the availability of clean, safe drinking water. “The water that flows in creeks and rivers through these protected properties eventually arrives in reservoirs and becomes the water that residents downstream
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