Stories from the Piedmont
Stories of Land Conservation from around the Piedmont.
PEC worked with Bev McKay to protect over 100 acres of excellent farmland, which has been in his family for over 200 years.
Read interviews with Piedmont farmers who have helped improve water quality by integrating Best Management Practices into their land and farm management.
Jean Scott, 82, of Culpeper County placed her 118-acre tract of land on the Hazel River into a permanent conservation easement in 2010.
20% of this southern Fauquier watershed is now preserved, including two more farms in 2010.
PEC kicked off our expanded sustainable habitat program with a tour of places where people are actively cultivating their land for the good of native plants and wildlife.
Conservation can help working farmers achieve their goals. Read how a conservation easement was a win-win decision for one local dairy farmer in this article from the Spring 2010 Piedmont View.
Historic land saved from development preserves a gateway to the Journey Through Hallowed Ground. Read more about the history and the future of Gilberts Corner in this article from the Spring 2010 Piedmont View.
A Madison farm owner with a round barn now on the state and national register of historic places put her land in easement so it would stay a farm. Read more about the conservation of this special place in an article from the Spring 2010 Piedmont View.
PEC now holds easements on four adjoining properties in southern Albemarle, including historic Redlands. Just a few miles from Monticello, generations ago the land was home to Thomas Jefferson's neighbors. Read more from the Spring 2010 Piedmont View.
Learn how the fabric of conservation easements in the Piedmont is building a legacy of preservation while enabling these families to continue to work and cherish their lands.
