HARRISBURG, Oct. 11, 2012 — An additional 92.9 acres of Berks County farmland will be preserved through the purchase of conservation easements valued at $232,250 that were approved today by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board, according to state Sen. Judy Schwank, a Preservation Board member.
Según el senador, se conservarán las siguientes explotaciones:
Family Municipality Acres Preserved
Rebman-Reed Tulpehocken Twp. 92.9
“Farmland preservation is a crucial way to protect our agricultural industry while supporting our local farming families and all their hard work,” Schwank said. “I’m pleased that we are once again preserving hundreds more acres of land solely for farming use.”
Statewide, 4,342 farms totaling 468,091 acres have been preserved since the program’s inception. In Berks County, 643 farms consisting of 64,950 acres have been preserved. Berks County has preserved more acreage of farmland than any other county in the state program.
La Junta de Preservación de Tierras Agrícolas tiene por objeto preservar permanentemente grandes grupos de tierras agrícolas viables mediante la adquisición de servidumbres agrícolas de conservación (ACE). Una ACE impide el desarrollo de la tierra para cualquier fin que no sea la agricultura productiva.
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