The Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust was established in 1986 with the primary purpose of protecting the town’s agricultural property from being developed. Citizens who voted to fund the Ag Trust with a tax on each property transfer also sought to preserve open vistas, estuaries, access to the ocean and space for recreational activities. They recognized that the protection of groundwater recharging areas (wetlands, vernal ponds, and marshes) was critical because of Little Compton residents’ dependence on well water.

The Ag Trust is composed of seven trustees who meet monthly in meetings open to the community. Applications from landowners interested in selling or donating either the development rights or property in fee to the Trust are reviewed and prioritized in meetings. The Trust uses income from the town’s real estate transfer tax to leverage additional funding through grant applications to state and federal resources.

The Ag Trust works closely with its partners – the Sakonnet Preservation Association and The Nature Conservancy – to research, identify, and protect properties of mutual concern, and to steward those properties after they have been preserved. Although each conservation group has a slightly different orientation to land protection, all share a commitment to preserving the health, the rural identity, and the beauty of our Sakonnet landscape.

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