Va.’s Reliance on Tax Credits for Land Conservation Is ‘certainly Not Equitable,’ Review Finds
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Title
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Va.’s Reliance on Tax Credits for Land Conservation Is ‘certainly Not Equitable,’ Review Finds
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Date Created
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8/24/2021
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Creator
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Virginia Mercury
By: Sarah Vogelsong
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Description
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Coverage on the 2021 findings that nearly all of Virginia’s $1.8 billion in spending on land conservation over the past two decades has gone toward tax credits for private land, with a state agency review finding that “a large number” of those credits are likely “being used to help reduce the tax burden of high earning individuals and corporations.” These findings are important as they support the argument that conservation as it currently exists primarily serves to benefit the wealthy. This reinforces the argument that the culture of conservation in Loudoun County is problematic and only serves to reify the myth of progress - to displace, and to supply further wealth to the majority of conservationists who are wealthy and white.
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Research Themes
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St. Louis
Loudoun County
Virginia
Culture of conservation
Inequality in conservation
Myth of progress
Slow violence
Displacement
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Type
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Blog
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Researcher Name
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Jacob Connelly
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Bibliographic Citation
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Vogelsong, Sarah. “Va.’s Reliance on Tax Credits for Land Conservation Is ‘certainly Not Equitable,’ Review Finds • Virginia Mercury.” Virginia Mercury (blog), August 24, 2021. https://virginiamercury.com/2021/08/24/northam-admin-criticizes-state-land-conservation-policy-as-inequitable/.
