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Skagit County approves two farmland legacy easements to protect 79 acres

2571600 · March 10, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved conservation easements March 10 that will protect 40 acres owned by Jerry and Jenny Nelson and 39 acres owned by William and Marion Ruzin, with each landowner to receive $95,000 under the county's Farmland Legacy Program.

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners on March 10 approved two Farmland Legacy Program grant deeds of conservation easement to protect a combined 79 acres of prime farmland.

Sarah Stoner, agricultural lands coordinator with Skagit County Public Works, briefed the board on the two easements. "The Nelson agreement ... seeks to protect 40 acres and removes 1 development right for a total compensation to the landowners of…

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