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<br />Brandywine Conservancy, Natural Lands Trust
<br />farmland preservation report
<br />Sonoma County Land Trust .
<br />July -Aug. 2002
<br />Nation's Top 12 Local Farmland Preservation
<br />Programs
<br />Rural Legacy, MET, The Manor Conservancy
<br />Marin
<br />Marin Open Space District
<br />Harford
<br />Rural Legacy, MET
<br />Berks
<br />Berks County Conservancy
<br />Current
<br />Market
<br />Burlington
<br />Pinelands Development Credit Bank
<br />Total
<br />Ag
<br />Ag
<br />Other
<br />Funding
<br />Value of
<br />Preserved
<br />Program
<br />Program
<br />Program
<br />Available
<br />Ag Products
<br />Rank County
<br />Acres
<br />Acres
<br />Gain
<br />Ag Acres"
<br />(millions)2
<br />(millions)
<br />1
<br />Lancaster (PA)
<br />557009
<br />457425
<br />9,944
<br />9,584
<br />7.5
<br />766.7
<br />2
<br />Montgomery (MD)
<br />54,871
<br />50,498
<br />n/a
<br />49373
<br />9
<br />28.5
<br />3
<br />Chester (PA)
<br />44,452
<br />167541
<br />2,241
<br />27,911
<br />6.2
<br />342.8
<br />4
<br />Sonoma (CA) .
<br />4108
<br />377873
<br />n/a
<br />3,815
<br />49
<br />463.6
<br />5
<br />Carroll (MD)
<br />39,668
<br />36,506
<br />1,830
<br />3,162
<br />5.4
<br />71.2
<br />6
<br />Baltimore (MD)
<br />38,183
<br />20,523
<br />17995
<br />16,370
<br />7.7
<br />51.1
<br />7
<br />Marin (CA)
<br />34,092
<br />31,967
<br />1,629
<br />2,125
<br />7
<br />53.8
<br />8
<br />Harford (MD)
<br />33,006
<br />29,631
<br />1,788
<br />31P375
<br />9
<br />38.8
<br />9
<br />Burlington (NJ)
<br />31,289
<br />157375
<br />n/a
<br />15,914
<br />7.75
<br />87.5
<br />10
<br />Berks (PA)
<br />30,873
<br />281000
<br />6,779
<br />2,873
<br />30
<br />247.7
<br />11
<br />York (PA)
<br />28,667
<br />24,664
<br />3,740
<br />47003
<br />2.2
<br />128.6
<br />12
<br />Howard (MD)
<br />24,253
<br />18,838
<br />n/a
<br />5,415
<br />13.3
<br />19.6
<br />TOTALS:
<br />456,051
<br />355,841
<br />98,920
<br />155
<br />15.3 billion
<br />Notes
<br />1 Other programs include the Maryland Rural Legacy Program, local land trusts that protect farmlands, TDR programs
<br />not operated by the county, and other local programs that permanently set aside agricultural land and allow agricul-
<br />tural use. z Current funds available for one or more years.
<br />Sources: Interviews with county personnel and private organizations, July 2002'.
<br />Other sources of preserved acres, by county (all easements protect agricultural use)
<br />Lancaster Lancaster Farmland Trust
<br />Montgomery Rural Legacy, MET
<br />Chester
<br />Brandywine Conservancy, Natural Lands Trust
<br />Sonoma
<br />Sonoma County Land Trust .
<br />Carroll
<br />Rural Legacy, MET, Carroll County Land Trust
<br />Baltimore
<br />Rural Legacy, MET, The Manor Conservancy
<br />Marin
<br />Marin Open Space District
<br />Harford
<br />Rural Legacy, MET
<br />Berks
<br />Berks County Conservancy
<br />York
<br />Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County
<br />Burlington
<br />Pinelands Development Credit Bank
<br />Howard
<br />MET, local regulatory set asides
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