PRESS RELEASE

722 First St., SW, Suite L

Roanoke, VA 24016-4120

Phone/fax (540) 985-0000

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Roger Holnback, Executive Director

Western Virginia Land Trust to Workshops for Area Landowners

The Western Virginia Land Trust will host informational seminars for area landowners at locations across western Virginia this spring.

Landowners who have 100 acres of land or more and wish to see their land protected from development can attend an evening seminar at no charge. Attendees will learn:

how conservation easements can be valuable tools to help landowners earn cash from their land without selling it
how landowners can permanently protect their land from development while still enjoying it as they do today
how land can be passed on to children or heirs with fewer complications from estate taxes and other hurdles

Each seminar will last approximately an hour and a half. There is no cost to attend and no obligation. Each attendee will receive a copy of the Western Virginia Land Trust’s informational DVD, “Your Land, Your Choices,” as well as their 2008 Conservation Easement Guide. A schedule of events follows. For more information, contact the Western Virginia Land Trust at (540) 985-0000 or e-mail rholnback@westernvirginialandtrust.org or dperry@westernvirginialandtrust.org. For directions and maps to the event locations, or to learn more about conservation easements, visit www.westernvirginialandtrust.org.

DATE TIME LOCATION

Tuesday, April 1 6:30-8 pm Patrick County Library

Stuart, VA

Thursday, April 3 7-8:30 pm Gereau Center

Rocky Mount, VA

Tuesday, April 8 7-8:30 pm Botetourt County Courthouse

Fincastle, VA

Thursday, April 10 7-8:30 pm Meadows of Dan Community Center

Meadows of Dan, VA

Tuesday, April 15 7-8:30 pm Carroll County Public Library

Hillsville, VA

Thursday, April 17 7-8:30 pm Maison Beliveau Bed and Breakfast

Blacksburg, VA

Thursday, April 24 7-8:30 pm Floyd Country Store

Floyd, VA

Thursday, May 1 7-8:30 pm Henry County Administration Building

Martinsville, VA

Tuesday, May 6 7-8:30 pm Bedford Central Library

Bedford, VA

Thursday, May 8 7-8:30 pm Moneta/Smith Mountain Lake Library

Moneta, VA

Tuesday, May 13 7-8:30 pm Lanier Frantz Place

New Castle, VA

Thursday, May 15 7-8:30 pm Catawba Center

Catawba, VA

Thursday, May 22 7-8:30 pm Mt. Pleasant Fire Station

Roanoke, VA

Thursday, May 29 7-8:30 pm Back Creek Elementary School

Roanoke, VA

This project received funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant Program at the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), via grant number 319-2005-39-SR.

Additional partners: Roanoke County, VA, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Larry Woodrow Vest Fund of the Foundation for Roanoke Valley, Bedford Citizens for Land Preservation, Conservation Partners, LLC, and New River Land Trust.