Ridge Administration Announces About
300 Farms Preserved In 2000
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) State Agriculture Secre
tary Sam Hayes announced the
approval of 30 farms totaling
nearly 3,100-acres, for preserva
tion.
The announcement brings the
total number of farms preserved
since January to 283 with
more than 33,000-acres the
most farms preserved during
any year since Pennsylvania’s
farmland preservation program
began in 1989.
“The Ridge Administration is
proud to say that Pennsylvania’s
Farmland Preservation Program
is preserving farmland at a pace
faster than any other state in the
nation,” Hayes said.
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‘Growing Greener’ program and
the strides we made during the
‘lOO Days of Growing Greener,’
we are able to preserve more
Pennsylvania farms than ever
before.”
At the December meeting, it
was announced that 135 farms
were preserved this fall.
Created in 1989, the Pennsyl
vania Agricultural Preservation
Board oversees the state Farm
land Preservation Program,
which allows the state and coun
ties to purchase development
rights, referred to as easements,
to guarantee that farms will
remain as agricultural land.
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taling 355-acres from Chester,
Lehigh, and Northampton coun-
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ties were preserved under coun
ty-owned easement programs.
Ridge signed the “Growing
Greener” initiative into law on
Dec. 15, 1999, investing nearly
$650 million in Pennsylvania’s
environment including $lOO
million for farmland preserva
tion —over five years.
To celebrate die largest envi
ronmental investment in Penn
sylvania history and to begin
to get these dollars into our com
munities as quickly as possible
Ridge launched the “100
Days of Growing Greener” at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show in
January.
In May, the General Assembly
passed Gov. Ridge’s 2000-2001
budget, which includes $135
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Greener” initiative. The funds
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money from the General Fund
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For more information on the
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Farmland Preservation at (717)
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Here is a list of approved
farms.
Adams County
• Ronald and Joyce Funt,
Menallen Township, 172-acres,
$172,740.
• Dale and Bertha Grove,
Mount Joy Township, 106-acres,
$119,028.
• Raymond and Linda
Kuntz, Tyrone Township, 146-
acres, $163,269.
• Gary and Linda Leer, Lati
more Township, 116-acres,
$152,225.
Beaver County
• Alice Dietrich, Sewickley
Township, 53-acres, $141,087.
Centre County
• Robert and Beverly Con
nolly, Walker Township, 219-
acres, $50,288.
Chester County
• Richard and Ann Abbott,
The Charlton Bloodstock
Agency Inc., Highland Town
ship, 139-acres, $539,292.
• Eleanor Jones and the
Estate of Martin Jones, East Co
ventry Township, 84-acres,
$357,591.
• Roger and Brenda Gayle
Legg, Highland Township, 27-
acres, $144,473.
• Llanduey Limited Partner
ship, Londonderry Township,
166-acres, $911,753.
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• Mary Mann Farm, High
land Township, 51-acres,
$245,922.
• Elizabeth Parry, Upper
Oxford Township, 98-acres,
$167,740.
• Gregory Nedurian, Lamar
Township, 94-acres, $99,000.
• Ralph and Linda Deitch,
Middlesex Township, 57-acres,
$155,632.
• Delmar and Susan Weaver,
Lykens Township, 140-acres,
$153,545.
• Donald and Sherry Hoffer,
South Annville Township, 115-
acres, $173,400.
• Richard and Lois Meily,
North Lebanon Township, 130-
acres, $194,790.
Lycoming County
• Ellen Fogleman, Muncy
Creek Township, 93-acres,
$100,332.
• Shirley Harer, Clinton
Township, 205-acres, $203,148.
• Lin Laurenson, Shrewsbury
Township, 67-acres, $48,456.
• Charles and Linda Shutts,
Limestone Township, 100-acres,
$72,144.
• Charles and Linda Shutts,
Limestone Township, 118-acres,
$85,140.
• William and Helen
Ammon, Oliver Township, 91-
acres, $109,072.
Monroe County
• Steven and Colleen Parisi,
Polk Township, 57-acres,
$133,185.
Montgomery County
• Henry Reifsneider, Limer
ick Township, 103-acres,
$1,766,647.
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Dauphin County
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Mifflin County