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Rappahannock landowners continued their long-standing tradition of protecting the county’s open spaces through conservation easements during 2006.
Residents set aside 1,895 acres for preservation last year, bringing the area of Rappahannock’s total privately conserved land to more than 25,000 acres.
The movement to protect privately-held rural land from development has been experiencing tremendous momentum in the Piedmont region, with landowners conserving an average of 22,251 acres every year for the last five years.
In 2006, residents of the Piedmont protected 27,726 acres of open space through the use of conservation easements, bringing the number of acres conserved in the nine counties served by the Piedmont Environmental Council to 270,343 acres - an acreage that is larger than Shenandoah National Park
“We’re immensely pleased at what communities in the Piedmont have been able to accomplish to provide a legacy of conserved open space for our children and future generations,” said PEC President Chris Miller. “When it comes to conservation, this is one of the most successful regions in the entire country.”
The Piedmont region continues to lead the state of Virginia, which is among the top five states in the nation for protecting land through private conservation easements.
The nine counties of Virginia’s Piedmont - including Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene,
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