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Bills would add 50,000 acres to Blue Ridge Parkway

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The Charlotte Observer is reporting that federal legislators in both North Carolina and Virginia are seeking federal money to buy up to 50,000 acres along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr from North Carolina will join Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner from Virginia, in seeking $75 million over five years to buy high-priority land around the parkway. Reps. Heath Shuler and David Price of North Carolina and Reps. Rick Boucher and Tom Perriello will introduce a companion bill in the House as well.

Park supporters have grown increasingly concerned in recent years that mountain-top vacation homes and other developments are obscuring views from the historic road.

The Conservation Trust for North Carolina, a nonprofit group that has worked to protect the parkway’s corridor, proposed the legislation.




Jeff
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