The Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program empowers county governments, in partnership with state government, to protect productive farmland from non-agricultural development. Easements have been purchased on hundreds of thousands of acres from farmers using state funds, county tax receipts, and other funds. WeConservePA guide. 4 pages.
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Year: 2024
Organization/Source: WeConservePA (formerly Pennsylvania Land Trust Association), Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Farmland Preservation, and United States Department of Agriculture
Topic tags: Farmland Preservation and Print Editions of WeConservePA Guides
Related guides: Agricultural Security Areas, Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners, Transfer of Development Rights, and Why Preserve Farmland?
Previous editions were published in 2009, 2013, and 2017.