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The Farmland Landscape
Farmland Landscape View Data for Non-cropland Components of the Farmland Landscape What Is This Indicator, and Why Is It Important? This indicator reports the percentage of the farmland landscape ...
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What Indicators are Used to Describe Farmlands?
Trends 2003 2005 The Farmland Landscape How much of the farmland landscape is forest, grasslands and shrublands, wetlands, or urban and suburban? Current ... in the Farmland Landscape How much of the “natural” area in farmlands is in patches of different shapes? No data reported Chemical and Physical Conditions Updated Nitrate in Farmland Streams ...
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FIC : Literature
Farmland Trust and Florida Fish and Game Commission; Boca Raton, FL: American Farmland Trust; AFT Publication; page(s) vi, 64; 1995; National/FL; Reports and Studies View Text More Info A Landscape of Choice Fresno Growth Alternatives Alliance; Davis, CA: American Farmland Trust; ...
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American Farmland Trust: Success Stories
Enhancing Farmland Protection in North Carolina In North Carolina, AFT’s efforts helped farmers adapt to the state’s rapidly changing landscape. In August, the state General Assembly passed new legislation creating a voluntary agricultural districts program and reviving the state’s farmland protection program, the Agricultural Development and Farmland ...
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American Farmland Trust: Voices for Change - Terry and Jean Jones
York City’s Times Square, is an outpost of organic growth in an otherwise suburban landscape. “We’re ambassadors for the rest of American Agriculture,” says Terry, 60, who ... local government or organizations. This four-way partnership also involved state and municipal programs for farmland preservation. “What would have been seemingly impossible for any one entity to accomplish happened ...
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Vision beyond mandate: Creating farmland protected areas in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico
(City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County 1999). Albuquerque lies within a rugged landscape with a unique cultural history. Native Puebloans and early Spanish settlers focused agricultural ... provide a policy framework for a broad farmland preservation program, and include a Farmland category for MPOS. The cost of protecting additional farmland will be another challenge. The agricultural ...
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Sprawl & Today's Landscape Reprint Set
Taking a Closer Look: Sprawl & Today's Landscape 14 articles 45 pages -- or order individual articles from this collection: Several of the ... , AICP Transfer of development rights offers communities a way of saving environmentally sensitive areas, farmland, historic landmarks, and other important resources. Planner Rick Pruetz examines how TDR programs work, ...
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A Secretary for Farmland Security
Here in the San Joaquin Valley, amid some of the richest farmland in the nation, new houses dot the vanishing agrarian landscape. The Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 proved laughable. Although ... in and out of government, both Democrats and Republicans, who would find ways to preserve farmland, promote local farmers markets, emphasize sustainable agriculture and rebuild rural communities. In this most ...
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Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy :: Land Protection :: Farmland Protection Program
Conservancy has worked with Peninsula Township to complete 86 farmland preservation projects, resulting in over 5,000 acres of permanently protected farmland on the Old Mission Peninsula. This represents ... dunes straddling Benzie and Manistee Counties. One of the major management components of this landscape-level protection effort is the Conservancy's commitment to working with adjacent farmers to ...
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Agricultural conservation easements - a tool for farmland preservation
Carlson said. He said that in Macon County there is an overlap in conserving farmland and the historic and rural character of the ... and the significant historical sites and events that have occurred on some of its remaining farmland. "Preserving farmland is our number-one priority at this point," Carlson said. Of the 18 conservation ...
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