[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Ft. Bragg (NC) neighbors

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Family shields Army from urban sprawl

By Henry Cuningham
Fayetteville Observer (NC)
August 11, 2009



RAEFORD - As a private pilot, Julian S. Johnson III had a bird's-eye 
view for several decades as development gobbled up the Hoke County 
forest around Fort Bragg.

Five years ago, he and his wife, Margaret, accepted a one-time payment 
to keep his 540 acres adjoining southern Fort Bragg as timber land and 
not develop it. The money for the permanent conservation easement 
amounted to half the appraised value of the land, he said.

The 58-year-old grandfather is happy with his decision, which will keep 
the land in his family. The land has been in the family for more than a 
century. He lives on, sells timber and pine straw and grows crops on the 
property, which is between Raeford and the post boundary.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/08/11/923879

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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