Developer in Loudoun County, Va., sets aside 10 acres for nature study

Oct. 29, 2009
Creating conservation easement will enable students to use land for environmental classes


From The Washington Post: A Loudoun County (Va.) developer is putting 10 acres of land in Purcellville into a conservation easement to protect in from development so that a teacher at Loudoun Valley High School can continue to use it as an outdoor classroom. John DeMary and his students have been erecting footbridges and laying sawdust over a trail they cleared on the land, which includes one of the few remaining stands of old-growth forest in the area.

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