Conservation Chronicles

Time was, you could earn a good income in southeast Virginia on your own land, in forestry or growing peanuts.This is no longer true, said Michael Drewry, an attorney specializing in land use and local...

Conservation Easements Protect 1,000 Acres from Financial and Development Threats When Brenda and Moyler Pond protected more than 1,000 acres on their family farms through conservation easements, they had two very good reasons for doing...

Don and Sue Hanger have lived full lives in Augusta County, Virginia.  Through the years, they have raised a family -- two sons and a daughter -- and worked land farmed by their families for...