FYI About PDR
Purchase of Development Rights programs (also known as PDR or (Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements) PACE programs can help land owners keep farm land and hay fields in production and out of development in exchange for a financial return. Learn more about these helpful tools in this article.
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"Easing In" - by Milton C. Toby
Donating conservation easements is a very effective way to protect your horse land from future development. This article by attorney Milton C. Toby, from the November 11, 2011 issue of Paint Horse Journal (www.painthorsejournal.com) is a great primer to help you understand the basics of this conservation tool.
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Consolidation of Federal Conservation Easement Programs:
Pros and Cons
Background information on the five federal conservation easement programs administered through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Conservation Easements:
Horse farm owners can yield significant benefits from placing conservation easements on all or a portion of their farm. Learn more about easements and the benefits to the land owner here.
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Working Lands and/or Equine Friendly Land Conservancies in the U.S.
A working list of land trusts that deal with working lands and/or are equine friendly.
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A Primer on Conservation Easements - October 2009 article
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Conserving Land in Horse-friendly Aiken, SC
Read about how the equine-friendly Aiken Land Conservancy is doing its part to save horse land in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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Establishment of USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets
Farms, ranches and forests provide food, fiber and fuel as well as important ecosystem services to the American people. But all too often,
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow! Is Your Competition Venue Protected From Development?
The excitement builds as you travel to the competition or show.
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Carolina Horse Park
The story of how this new competition facility came to be.
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This Land is Home to Us
Why one family placed a conservation easement on their land.
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Preserving Callithea Farm
The preservation of Callithea Farm came from a handful of equestrian activists along with a concerned Callithea Farm heir. Here's how they made it happen.
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Warfield Equestrian Park
Conservation easements - are they always a key strategy for preserving open space for equestrian use? The public debate in Billings, Montana proves they are not.
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Ripples
A story of successful networking between a land trust and a steeplechase course development.
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Caledonia Conservancy
Development of an equestrian friendly land trust that involves the entire community.
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