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Farmland Conservation is Critical for the Shenandoah Valley

Farmland Conservation is Critical for the Shenandoah Valley

Feb 20, 2023

Note: This was written by a real person: me. Farming is the heart and soul of the Shenandoah Valley and the number one industry in most counties. But perhaps not for long. As I drive around, I can hardly look anywhere without seeing houses, cookie-cutter subdivisions, or big box stores...

Protecting the Farm Forever–Chapter Three, Recording the Easement, Costs and Benefits

Protecting the Farm Forever–Chapter Three, Recording the Easement, Costs and Benefits

Oct 14, 2022

A Historic Day for Farmland Staunton, Virginia: It was a hot summer day on August 4. We met the senior easement specialist with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation at our lawyer’s office to walk the four blocks to the courthouse. Our lawyer, Alan Garrison, said he could have recorded our conservation...

Farmland Conservation is Critical for the Shenandoah Valley (JMU 2023)

Farmland Conservation is Critical for the Shenandoah Valley (JMU 2023)

Jul 24, 2020

Note: This was written by a real person: me. Farming is the heart and soul of the Shenandoah Valley and the number one industry in most counties. But perhaps not for long. As I drive around, I can hardly look anywhere without seeing houses, cookie-cutter subdivisions, or big box stores...

“Oh Shenandoah!”

Apr 25, 2013

A watershed moment for the Shenandoah River and the Chesapeake Bay occurred on Tuesday the 23rd of April. Ownership of the former Virginia National Golf Course located on the banks of the Shenandoah River in Clark County was handed over to Shenandoah University . Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons, President of the...

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