[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: "Farmland protected near Fort AP Hill ..." (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Farmland protected near Fort AP Hill in Caroline supports military readiness

Fredericksburg Today (VA)
October 11, 2021

From The Conservation Fund:

The Conservation Fund has announced the protection of the 373-acre Gouldin Farm right outside U.S. Army Garrison Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green.  This property has been the highest priority conservation effort of Fort A.P. Hill’s Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program for the past several years and is within the Priority 1A ACUB area designated by the installation. Its protection will not only secure environmental and economic benefits of the working farmland but will support the Army’s ongoing training operations that are threatened by potential nearby development.

“The Gouldin easement is of strategic importance to Fort A.P. Hill in a high priority area where compatible land use is critical to the sustainment of our military mission,” said Lt. Col. Drew Aswell, garrison commander at Fort A.P. Hill.

The property lies just a few miles from the new Virginia Railway Express station and expanding residential development from Fredericksburg. Development encroaching near the base can negatively impact the installation’s training mission through light pollution and other incompatible uses. By placing a conservation easement on the farm, The Conservation Fund and their partners at the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) and Fort A.P Hill are able to restrict potential development while keeping Gouldin Farm productive and in private ownership.

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For the entire release, see
https://fredericksburg.today/2021/10/11/farmland-protected-near-fort-ap-hill-in-caroline-supports-military-readiness/

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Lenny Siegel
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