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Skagit County approves farmland conservation easements, rental-assistance agreement and lease extension; consent agenda passes
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved two farmland legacy conservation easements, a tenant-based rental assistance administration agreement, and a lease amendment for land in the Cascades Railroad Corridor; Commissioner Wiesen recused from federal-program items because of a board affiliation.
Skagit County commissioners approved several consent and miscellaneous items on March 10, including two farmland legacy conservation easements, a tenant-based rental assistance contract administration agreement and a lease amendment for property in the Cascades Railroad Corridor.
The board approved two Farm and Legacy Program grant deeds of conservation easement. Sarah Stoner, agricultural lands coordinator with Skagit County Public Works, described the first easement as protecting 40 acres owned by Jerry and Jenny Nelson in Bow; the county will remove one development right and compensate the landowners $95,000. Stoner said the Nelson property is prime farmland as classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and that the Nelson operation has previously protected approximately 1,500 acres through the county program.
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