Michigan Farmland Preservation Program on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Michigan Farmland Preservation Program
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last updated: August 2022

The Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program consists of the following methods for preserving farmland and open space:

Farmland Development Rights Agreements: A temporary restriction on the land between the State and a landowner, voluntarily entered into by a landowner, preserving their land for agriculture in exchange for certain tax benefits and exemptions for various special assessments. (commonly known as PA 116).
Conservation Easement Donations: A permanent restriction on the land between the State and a landowner, voluntarily entered into by a landowner, preserving their land for either open space or agriculture.
Agricultural Preservation Fund: A fund established to assist local units of government in implementing a local purchase of development rights program.
Local Open Space Easement: A temporary restriction on the land between the local government and a landowner, voluntarily entered into by a landowner, preserving their land as open space in exchange for certain tax benefits and exemptions for various special assessments. Click here for a copy of the registration form.
Designated Open Space Easement: A temporary restriction on specially designated lands between the State and a landowner, voluntarily entered into by a landowner, preserving their land as open space in exchange for certain tax benefits and exemptions for various special assessments. If you are interested in requesting land be conserved in by applying for a Designated Open Space Easement, click here for a copy of the application.
Purchase of Development Rights: A permanent restriction on the land between the State and a landowner, voluntarily entered into by a landowner, preserving their land for agriculture in exchange for a cash payment for those rights.

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