Keeping the local landscape in tact is just one of the reasons why a Valley county is hoping to cut back on future development.

The plan to help keep farmers from selling their land for development doesn't have everyone's support.

Charlie Drumheller calls his farm Bellevue, or beautiful view, and he hopes to keep it free of development.

"I was born on this very farm, and I'm privileged to live here now and it is nice to know my sons will have that privilege," says Drumheller.

That’s why he's supporting a new Augusta County plan that is aimed at saving farm land.

The problem is farmers make more selling land to development than to agricultural interests. The county would pay the difference. Drumheller says it’s better than other easement plans.

"The advantage of a PDR (Purchase Development Rights) over tax credits is the fact that you have ready cash as opposed to sell credits or trade credits."

That helps cash poor farmers who might sell their land to developers. Augusta County Board of Supervisors Chair Nancy Sorrells says the plan helps focus development.

"Where the infrastructure already is, the schools, the law enforcement needs, the water, the sewer and keep it away from the areas where we're going to dilute our tax money and require more, then it's for everybody," says Sorrells.

Supervisor Tracy Pyles disagrees. He says the plan asks for a million dollars which would cover only 400 acres, not enough to make it worth it for taxpayers.

He says, "The land is worth about a billion dollars, the development rights would be about twice that, we could not possibly come up with enough money to make a difference."

Augusta County is holding a public hearing on the plan during their meeting on Wednesday.