Farmland protection programs start with a good idea, but how do they become reality? This report documents how farmers and other citizens in Peninsula Township, Michigan, designed and built support for a purchase of agricultural conservation easement program. Includes information on PACE, details on the design of Peninsula Township’s program and sample documents.
Publications
Forging New Protections: Purchasing Development Rights to Save Farmland
Publication Name
AFT Publication
Downloadable Documents
Links
Author
Dennis P. Bidwell, Dr. Joanne Westphal, John Wunsch
Publisher
Washington, DC: American Farmland Trust
Page Numbers
viii, 80
Publication Date
March 01, 1996
Publication Type
Reports and Guides
et al. Author(s)
Valerie Berton
State
Michigan
Keywords
Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements
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