Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm Fight for 18th Century Virginia History
Thank you WDVM-TV and reporter Rebecca Burnett!
MCLEAN, VA -- 8/26/18 -- In March the National Park Service informed Claude Moore Colonial Park that it will terminate their long term agreement and the farm's operations must conclude in December.
In the late 1970's, the National Park relinquished management of the park to the Friends of Claude Moore Park, a group of impassioned locals tasked with maintaining farm land and livestock.
The National Park Service and Claude Moore Park have been working in cooperation for over 35 years. Since hearing the news, Representative Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) has introduced a bill outlining the park's importance in an effort to save it.
If Comstock's bill doesn't pass, temporary property, including the park's livestock, must vacate the property. The park's permanent buildings, U.S. government property, must stay.
"My worry is that it's going to become neglected and empty and a vacant property again and the mission will be lost and essentially the land will be lost," said Friends of Claude Moore Board Member Jeff Anderson.
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