Land Conservation

Orange is a leader in private land conservation with nearly 29,900 acres protected, including more than one third of the land in the Madison Barbour Rural Historic District.

Orange Landowners Protect 626 Acres in 2010

January 20, 2011. PEC Press Release

1,668 Acres Added to Orange County Easements in 2009

February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.

2,474 Acres Conserved in Orange County in 2008

February 3, 2009. PEC Press Release.

3,072 Acres Added to Orange County Easements in 2007

3,072 acres were conserved in 2007, bringing the grand total to over 25,000 acres of privately conserved land.

Madison's Legacy: Still Growing

700 acres to be conserved at Montpelier will protect a freedman's farm and Civil War encampments, buffer an old-growth forest and assure public access.