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

Lycoming County Agricultural Land Preservation Program
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last updated: August 2022

This program enables state and county governments to purchase conservation easements from farmers guaranteeing a future food supply and contributes to a healthier economy. In October of 1990, the Lycoming County Commissioners appointed a seven-member Board to develop a farmland preservation plan. After almost a year of work, this plan was submitted to the State Agricultural Land Preservation Board for approval.

It is the purpose of this program to protect viable agricultural land by acquiring conservation easements in perpetuity to prevent the development of the land for any purpose other than agricultural production.

Further, it is the purpose of this program to:

Encourage landowners to make a long-term commitment to agriculture by offering them financial incentives and security of land use.
Protect normal farming operations in agricultural security areas from incompatible non-farmland uses that may render farming impracticable.
Protect normal farming operations from complaints of public nuisance against normal farming operations.
Assure conservation of viable agricultural lands in order to protect the agricultural economy of this Commonwealth.
Provide compensation to landowners in exchange for their relinquishment of the right to develop their private property.
Maximize agricultural conservation easement purchase funds and protect the investment of taxpayers in agricultural conservation easements.

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