Land Conservation
Landowners protected 1,340 acres of private land in Madison in 2009. Almost 12,000 total acres are now protected.
February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.
February 4, 2009. PEC Press Release.
This map shows the over 10,000 acres of privately protected land in Madison County, as well as publicly protected lands.
Over 23,000 acres protected throughout the Virginia piedmont through voluntary conservation easements.
This group works to spread the word about conservation easements to landowners in Madison County.
Protecting farmland and the foothills of Shenandoah National Park.