Off-Post Innovations at Fort A.P. Hill: A Model for Saving Millions o f Dollars and Protecting Significant Historical Sites
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In 2008, the Army and The Conservation Fund culminated two years of work by signing a conservation easement on Camden Farm, a 1,300-acre farm with multiple sites of historic significance that lies within the Army Compatible Use Buffer region surrounding Fort A.P. Hill. This Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative project is significant because it complies with the National Historic Preservation Act, while at the same time supporting encroachment prevention, habitat preservation and the military mission. In leveraging compliance funding to achieve on-post mitigation and off-post buffering, the Army secured a two-for-one cost savings, which translates into $1.5 million saved.
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