Virginia Code 15.2-4401: Declaration of policy findings and purpose
It is state policy to encourage localities of the Commonwealth to conserve and protect and to encourage the development and improvement of their agricultural and forestal lands for the production of food and other agricultural and forestal products. It is also state policy to encourage localities of the Commonwealth to conserve and protect agricultural and forestal lands as valued natural and ecological resources which provide essential open spaces for clean air sheds, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, aesthetic quality and other environmental purposes. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a means by which localities may protect and enhance agricultural and forestal lands of local significance as a viable segment of the local economy and as an important economic and environmental resource.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-4401
- Forestal products: includes , but is not limited to, lumber, pulpwood, posts, firewood, Christmas trees and other wood products for sale or for farm use. See Virginia Code 15.2-4402
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
1982, c. 374, § 15.1-1513.2; 1997, c. 587.