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 | Land Conservation: Governor Kaine's Land Preservation Total May Be Overstated |
 According to state officials, Governor Kaine has reached the 350,000-acre milestone in his initiative to protect 400,000 acres from development during his term. An analysis of state data shows that the administration has significantly overstated the amount of land preserved since Kaine took office and has taken credit for at least 45,496 acres protected during the final six months of Governor Mark Warner’s term. Kaine’s promotion of easements and acquisition to protect land has been an unparalleled accomplishment, but taking the 45,496 acres from Warner’s term out of his tally makes it doubtful that Kaine can reach the 400,000-acre benchmark of “newly protected areas.” The state conservation department, which keeps a tally of protected land, said that Kaine inherited acreage from Warner because the final six months of 2005 were the first half of FY06, and conservation acreage is tallied in fiscal years. (Though this would mean that any acreage preserved in Kaine’s final six months in office would be credited to the next governor.) Land conservation leaders are disappointed to learn that Kaine if farther from his goal than previously believed, but say that his achievement is phenomenal and he has done more than any of Virginia’s previous chief executives.
Roanoke Times: Article
The use of conservation easements has increased dramatically in Virginia since the state began giving tax credits to landowners who give up development rights to their property in 2000. Of the total 686,117 acres now under protection in Virginia (excluding state and national parks, national forests, wildlife preserves, and management areas), about 75 percent (518,693 acres) were protected after January 1, 2000. Governor Kaine further intensified the use of easements by promoting them statewide and enlisting state agencies to persuade landowners to use them. The Outdoors Foundation currently has a backlog of hundreds of property owners waiting to put their land in an easement.
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