Huntingdon County Agricultural Land Preservation Program on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Huntingdon County Agricultural Land Preservation Program
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last updated: August 2022

Farms enrolled in an ASA with at least 500 acres, are eligible for the Farmland Preservation Program. This voluntary program is designed to preserve the most productive farmlands through a perpetual agricultural conservation easement. These easements protect enrolled farmland permanently. Interested landowners sell the development right on the farm to the state/county, and the landowner is fairly compensated. In turn, the state/county is able to prevent further development. The state/county only owns this very specific right to the farm, and landowners retain all other property rights and ownership. If you are interested in enrolling your farm in this program, please contact our District Manager, Celina Seftas.

The Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program was developed in 1988 to help slow the loss of prime farmland to non-agricultural uses. The program enables state, county and local governments to purchase conservation easements, sometimes called development rights, from owners of quality farmland. The first easements were purchased in Pennsylvania in1989. Today there are 57 participating county programs that receive state funds for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements. Counties participating in the program have appointed agricultural land preservation boards with a state board created to oversee this program. The state board is responsible for distribution of state funds, approval and monitoring of county programs and specific easement purchases.

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