Agricultural easement programs: Saving agriculture or saving the environment?

California has 34 local conservation organizations, land trusts and open space districts that seek to protect farmland through conservation easements. In an examination of their mission statements and interviews with managers, we found variations in the extent to which the same easements protect bot...

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Published inCalifornia agriculture (Berkeley, Calif.) Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 9 - 14
Main Authors Sokolow, Alvin D., Lemp, Cathy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 01.01.2002
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Summary:California has 34 local conservation organizations, land trusts and open space districts that seek to protect farmland through conservation easements. In an examination of their mission statements and interviews with managers, we found variations in the extent to which the same easements protect both agricultural production and natural resources. Because they frequently protect farm operations that involve intense cultivation, cropland easements tend to be seen as incompatible with natural resource purposes such as riparian areas, habitat, wetlands and recreational trails.
ISSN:0008-0845
2160-8091
DOI:10.3733/ca.v056n01p9