For Landowners

Our area is changing rapidly and the next several decades could see the primarily rural valleys converted to large areas of suburban sprawl. Today many thoughtful residents worry that within another generation there may be little farmland left in the county and the local rural heritage that we all so deeply cherish may be irretrievably lost.

Ever-rising land prices will put increasing pressure on future property owners to subdivide much of the remaining farm and private forest land into small lots. Given this uncertain future, owners today who believe that their land should remain largely intact for farm, forest, wildlife, or other uses need to look at the options available to them for conserving their land.