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Easement* also rapport two mayor industries of the Piedmont: agriculture and tourism. Like other landowners, formers can gain needed capital by voluntarily * conserving their land and earning a sub- 4 stantial state tax credit which they may either use or sell on the open market Farmers also benefit from reduced | appraisal values on their land, which lightens their tax burden. Is Rappahannock, farmers also have the option of working with the puhlidy supported Farmland Preservation Program » which purchases easement on working farmland.
Protecting the integrity of the ruMpf landscape also preserves essential historic resources, provides vital habitat for wildlife, and safeguards the sqe®»e views and recreation opportunities that sustain a high quality of life in the Piedmont “Conservation easement* help us to take * care of many of the things that,people in thia region care about the most” said Don Loock, PEC's Land Conservation Officer-, for Rappahannock County.
For information shout land conservation in Rappahannock County you can contact Don Loock at (540) 987-9441or via email at dkjock@pecva.org
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