One local group of seven owners offers an example of families who have joined together through a covenant agreement to limit development in their 100 acre holding. The homeowner group formed after a major logging venture had been completed. The group saved the logged land from a developer who wanted to put dozens of homes on the site. Each holding is individually owned and maintained. Road upkeep is a shared cost. Placing limits on subdividing the land and other agreed-upon conditions has limited extensive development. SInce buying in, some individual owners have from time to time been purchasing adjacent acreage that has been on the cusp of being sold to developers.

Homeowner associations in the area have similar agreements.