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Regional land trust outlines conservation gains and warns Goochland faces rapid farmland conversion
Summary
Parker Agelasto of the Capital Region Land Conservancy told the board the trust has helped protect about 15,000 acres in the Richmond region, holds three easements in Goochland County, and warned that the county is losing farmland rapidly (speaker cited a 28% loss between 2017 and 2022).
At the May 6 meeting of the Goochland County Board of Supervisors, Parker Agelasto, executive director of the Capital Region Land Conservancy, presented the trust's conservation work across the Richmond region and within Goochland County and urged continued local partnerships.
"We have helped to conserve now over 15,000 acres in our region," Agelasto said. He described how the Conservancy merged with the Goochland Land Alliance in 2014 and now holds three conservation easements in Goochland. Agelasto said conservation easements are perpetual deeds that extinguish certain development rights while…
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