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County Buys Farm Development Rights.(Brief Article)

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| April 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Eager to preserve farmland from encroaching development, Lake County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners hope to test a program that will allow them to buy future land development rights, but not the land, from farmers. The idea of buying land-use rights has been undertaken with success in other locales, including Carroll County, Maryland, which has obtained easements for 33,336 acres of farmland over the past 20 years. The state-run program has been buying permanent land easements, which precludes ...

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