Category Archives: Land Easements

  Congressional Reporting System- Annual Report 2003 Table 1. Federally Owned Land by State, as of September 30, 2003 State Total Acreage in State,  Acreage of Federally Owned,       **Acreage in Easements “2005″                  Acreage  in State                 Acreage                                             Acreage                                                 ” 2003″                                     Federally Owned                         In … Continue reading →

  Skeptics Perspective on Voluntary Conservation Easements By John D. Echeverria In an article written especially for the Ecosystem Marketplace, John D. Echeverria, the Executive Director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute, explains why he thinks conservation easements … Continue reading →

  Conservation easements-the evil no one knows (Cares?) about   Posted by barleycorn (Profile) Friday, February 11th at 11:07AM EST   I read many conservative/libertarian blogs each week and to date I have never seen a post or comment about one … Continue reading →

Sacrificing rights to protect property: supporters of conservation easements say they are land-preservation tools. Critics say they violate property rights and give government bureaucrats control of land use by Pat Taylor A red-flag alert recently went out over the Internet … Continue reading →

Virginia’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Practices | Program Areas | Incentives | Application Process | Private Funding | Partners | Virginia Agricultural BMP Manual (PDF) | Database Query Page | Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund SWCD Recruitment Bonus Request Form (PDF) … Continue reading →

  LARGEST LAND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN VIRGINIA (UPDATED OCTOBER 2010) Virginia Outdoors Foundation- Acres 591,077 The Nature Conservancy- Acres 277,000 Valley Conservation Council- Acres 115,974 Civil War Preservation Trust- Acres 14,675 Land Trust of Virginia- Acres 10,760                          TOTAL ACRES–1,009,486 ACRES … Continue reading →

CODES OF VIRGINIA October 27, 2010 CONSERVATION EASEMENT § 10.1-1009. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Conservation easement” means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property, whether easement appurtenant or in gross, acquired … Continue reading →

Rebel with a Cause: Beware Those Sincere Conservation Easements January 29, 2010 by Joel Salatin       These landscape-oriented restrictions make farming unsustainable. By Joel Salatin The words stung. “You cannot build a single structure on this farm.” We … Continue reading →

                          Tables  taken from 2007 AND 2008   BIENNIAL   REPORT   OF   VIRGINIA   LAND   CONSERVATION   FOUNDATION  BOARD   OF   TRUSTEES   AND   DEPARTMENT   OF   CONSERVATION  AND RECREATION.   Table 5: Land Preservation Statistics in Virginia (June 30, 2008)   Group Holding the Amount of … Continue reading →

May 9, 2011 NOTE: Information below was from the Comprehensive Plan, Annual Budget Reports, Fauquier’s Web Site   14 -AGRICULTURAL/FORESTAL   DISTRICTS  IN   FAUQUIER   COUNTY DISTRICT NUMBER OF PARCELS ACRES                     Cobbler Mountain                        15 2,252.78                     Fiery Run                                        30 3,303.45                     … Continue reading →