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Easement
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particular conservation benefits, such as those that are wildlife habitats or are adjacent to parkland.
Grayson said that the Virginia Outdoors Foundation does not limit the properties it considers to those over 100 acres. Smaller properties may possess valuable conservation characteristics, she said, such as if it borders a scenic area.
“You’re looking for things that make a property unique and that provide some tangible benefit to the public,” she said.
But she noted that growing interest in easements has limited the number of properties that Virginia Outdoors Foundation can consider. She said there has been a recent up-tick in interest because of Governor Kaine’s efforts to promote conservation easement.
“That has put us in the position of giving priority to larger tracts,” she said.
In 2006 Governor Kaine promised to put 400,000 acres of Virginia scenic and historic properties into conservation easement.
Landowners who enter an easement agreement limit development rights on their property. The legally binding agreement carries forward to all future owners of the property, and has been a favorite tool of conservation groups in Rappahannock to limit growth in the county. Land-holding groups such as the Virginia Outdoors Foundation agree to
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