Land Preservation Program
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.)
The Dauphin County Commis
sioners and the Dauphin County
Agricultural and Land Preserva
tion Board have recently
announced the reaching of a
milestone in the County’s Agri
cultural Conservation Easement
Purchase Program.
In September, the program pre
served permanently its I,oooth
acre of Dauphin County farmland.
As with previous easement
purchases, to show support for the
program, the Dauphin County
Commissioners presented a Lon
donderry Township landowner
with a check from the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania as pay
ment for the easement which will
permanently preserve this farm.
The county commissioners and
the county board believe 1993 to
be a breakthrough year for the
program, which seems to be gain
ing momentum both in Dauphin
County and the state. The 1993
program year has been the first
year that the county program was
unable to find all eligible and
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interested applicants in Dauphin
County.
Dauphin County’s Agricultural
Land Preservation Program has
been accepting applications since
1991. In 1991, seven applications
were received and, in 1992, eight
applications were received. This
year, 17 new applications were
received. This increase in applica
tions reflects the increase in both
awareness of and interest in the
program.
The Easement Purchase Prog
ram is a stale level program admi
nistered at the county level by par
ticipating counties. More than 30
counties currently have approved
programs. Counties wishing to
participate must appoint boards
and develop an administrative
program that must be approved by
the state board before applications
may be accepted. Once approved,
the county is eligible for slate
funding through grants and match
ing funds. The intent of the prog
ram is to preserve Pennsylvania’s
prime farmland by offering land
owners an alternative to develop-
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merit. That alternative is the
purchase of agricultural conserva
tion easements.
A conservation easement is an
interest in a piece of land which
gives the owners of the easement
the right to protect a feature of the
land. In this case, the protected
feature is agriculture. Purchasing
a conservation easement may be
thought of as purchasing develop
ment rights. The price of the case
ment is determined by a qualified,
certified appraiser.
In Dauphin County, applicants
are ranked by a 300 point scoring
system which gives up to 100
points for soil quality and up to
200 points for location, steward
ship, surrounding land use, and
productivity. Applications are
prioritized based primarily on the
ranking system. All applications
which arc not funded for a given
year arc automatically carried into
the following year and re-ranked
with new applicants. Applying for
the program docs not commit
either the landowner to sell or the
state to purchase an casement.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22, 1994^5
Reaches Milestone
Commitment to sell and purchase
the casement occurs only if the
landowner accepts the offered
easement value and the state board
approves the purchase.
To dale in Dauphin County,
nine easements have been pur
chased, preserving more than
1,000 acres of farmland for the
future. Five additional casement
purchases have been approved
totalling 600 acres, bringing the
total acreage protected to more
than 1,600 acres.
Following is a list of completed
or approved purchases by town
ship and acreage through Novem
ber 30, 1993: Jackson Township -
Council To Meet
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.
agriculture’s ability to “Build For
Tomorrow” depends on its ability
to strategize and adapt to changing
market conditions.
The program of the 34th mem
bership meeting of the U.S. Feed
Grains Council (USFGC), to be
held Feb. 6-9 at the Radisson Re
sort, Scottsdale, Ariz., is designed
with that in mind.
Veteran politician Barry Gold
water will offer his perspective on
the world political situation. He is
followed by Gene Moos, underse
cretary, U.S. Department of Agri
culture (USDA), who will speak
about the departmental reorgani
zation and the effects of NAFTA
and GATT. David Hardy, former
ly of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, is scheduled to speak on
political unity within the agricul
tural community in an address en
titled “Agriculture: Looking for an
Agenda.”
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five easements, 589 acres.
Anyone interested in additional
information concerning casements
purchased or about Dauphin
County’s programs, or in obtain
ing an application, may contact
Bob Christoff at the Dauphin
County Conservation District in
the Agriculture and Natural
Resources Center, 1451 Peters
Mountain Road, Dauphin, PA
17018, (717) 921-8100.
lions will focus on the political,
economic, and agricultural out
look in the People’s Republic of
China. Dr. Min Chen, American
Graduate School of International
Management, will address the
Chinese business environment.
The Hale Group will present their
evaluation of current USFGC pro
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at the transitions occurring in
China.
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after the 1993 flood, Doanes Agri
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overview of the Economic, agro
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the event.
During the meeting, the council
will release its 1994 World De
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trade for the coming decade.
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