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By Matt Pelkey
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Until recently, Phil Irwin hadn’t had too much trouble putting his land into easement. Irwin owns Caledonia Farm, a historic bed and breakfast set on 115 pastoral acres outside of Flint Hill, and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation was happy to hold the land in conservation easement to preserve its rural beauty. But increasing demand from Virginia landowners for conservation agreements like Irwin’s has stretched thin the landholding group’s resources. Now close to 200 properties are on its waiting list for easement consideration, said Leslie Grayson, its deputy director of easements in Warrenton.
A recent move by the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors may protect properties critical to conservation efforts and help a few property owners stuck in the backlog. But not all property owners interested in easements will find relief, and according to the board, that wasn’t the point.
At its meeting on Sept. 5, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors agreed to consider coholding easement properties with
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