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Farmland Protection
Between 1982 and 1997, 1.47 million acres of farmland were developed in Pennsylvania,
representing 94% of all newly developed land in the state.
The Agricultural
Conservation Easements Purchase Program was developed in recognition
that farming is a vital component of the country's economy and farmland
and open space are valued natural resources.
The
money in the Agricultural Conservation Easements Purchase Program
is a combination of state and local matching funds and is administered
at the county level. As of November 2001, 45 Pennsylvania counties
were participating in the program resulting in the preservation
of 1,764 farms and a total of 194,619 acres.
View
the PA Department of Agriculture statistics for Agricultural
Conservation Easement Purchases by County.
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Pennsylvania
Wins National Farmland Protection Award
Washington,
D.C., February 5, 2001 -- American Farmland Trust,
a national farmland conservation group, today presented
Governor Ridge and the State of Pennsylvania with a
national achievement award for farmland protection.
The award recognizes Pennsylvania for having protected
the most farms and farmland of any state in the nation.
Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program, which
is publicly funded, has permanently protected nearly
1400 farms and more than 180,000 acres of farmland.
This year alone, the state protected nearly 300 farms-the
most preserved during any one-year period since the
program's inception.
- American Farmland Trust
Press Release
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Mapping Farmland Preservation
Total
Easement Acreage
Number of
Easement Farms
Total Easement
Purchased
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