Sentences with phrase «with conservation easements»

He was responsible for protecting farmland with conservation easements on 55 properties for 15,500 acres in 2017.

Through the leadership of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper along with other environmental organizations, ownership of the wetland was transferred to the Town of West Seneca with a conservation easement to preserve the wetland and protect it from future development.

When protecting farmland with a conservation easement, we're also protecting the streams and wetlands with «Resource Protection Areas» that codify riparian buffers important to maintaining clean water.

Without him, this farm would not have been protected with a conservation easement.

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Yet many syndicated conservation easements largely represent tax shelters whereby investors who don't care about the property are just buying an income tax deduction with inflated appraisals, Small said.

Last year, Baggett worked with the land trust to protect a 4,461 - acre ranch in Napa County through a conservation easement.

Taking his cues from the many New England communities that have experimented with the widespread use of easements and conservation land to protect working landscapes, he envisions a new commons taking hold.

California winegrowers are at the forefront of habitat restoration and preservation efforts, working with government agencies to establish conservation easements and restore watersheds.

Among the most consistent repositories of institutional memory for the organization is Jim Ottaway Jr., who has not only been WVLT's treasurer since the days of its founding, but also, with his wife Mary, donated a conservation easement on a 65 - acre parcel of farmland in Gardiner that today is home to the Phillies Bridge Farm CSA.

He is involved as a funder and advisor to many local environmental groups, particularly land trusts involved with protecting land through purchase or conservation easement.

A State maintained launch abuts the property; A conservation easement exists on the land, with numerous historical sites... View Listing Details»

With The Nature Conservancy holding a conservation easement on the property, the project became one of the first and largest projects to meet the qualifications of the Climate Action Reserve, with the purpose of sequestering carbon to counteract the effects of climate chaWith The Nature Conservancy holding a conservation easement on the property, the project became one of the first and largest projects to meet the qualifications of the Climate Action Reserve, with the purpose of sequestering carbon to counteract the effects of climate chawith the purpose of sequestering carbon to counteract the effects of climate change.

The Hudson Highlands Land Trust was instrumental in securing this conservation easement, while the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society acted with great foresight to guarantee permanent legal protection of and public access to their sanctuary,» said Steve Rosenberg, executive director of the Scenic Hudson Land Trust.

Scenic Hudson purchased the conservation easement with funds from its Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Hudson Valley Land Preservation Endowment as well as monies from the USDA's ALE Program and The 1772 Foundation.

COPAKE (COLUMBIA COUNTY)-- Scenic Hudson and the Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC), with support from the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Agricultural Land Easement (ALE) component, Equity Trust and The 1772 Foundation, recently collaborated with the Kiernan and Sullivan families to protect 350 acres of high - quality farmland — the heart of their farm operations, known as Walt's Dairy.

Scenic Hudson and its partners are working with willing landowners to conserve the Hudson River Valley's unique landscapes through conservation easements and land purchases to maximize public benefits.

Friday, Chris and Jocelyn Randles signed a conservation easement with the Upper Valley Land Trust to protect their property in North Pomfret.

He is now employed as Agriculture Specialist with Foothills Land Conservancy serving all of KY, TN, AL, GA, NC, SC, and VA protecting farms and forests forever from development as the organization, and he is now involved in overseeing 90,000 acres under conservation easements on 190 properties.