Effective June 8, 2000, West Virginia enacted the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act. The Act establishes a two-tier system to allow landowners to voluntarily protect their farmland. A state entity, the West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority was established as an independent board under the Department of Agriculture to accept conservation easements from landowners. In addition, the Act allows the County Commission of each county to establish a county Farmland Protection Board to develop a local protection program and to hold easements. A conservation easement offer can be made to your local Farmland Protection Board, or if a funded board does not exist in your county, to the West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority.

A landowner may donate or offer for sale a conservation easement on all or a portion of their property. A conservation easement is a legal agreement a landowner voluntarily places on their property in order to protect it from future development and to protect its natural resources. The landowner still owns the property, holds title to the property, and has the right to sell, give or transfer the property. The conservation easement is perpetual. It is recorded with the deed so that all future owners must honor the conservation protections afforded to the property.

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Monroe County Farmland Protection Program is not employed by or affiliated with the Land Conservation Assistance Network, and the Network does not certify or guarantee their services. The reader must perform their own due diligence and use their own judgment in the selection of any professional.

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