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Bucks County planning staff outlines new municipal participation option to preserve more farmland

2987034 · January 22, 2025
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Planning staff described a new municipal participation program to let townships combine local funds with county/state matching funds to preserve additional farmland; one township has agreed to participate in 2025, and staff said preserved farms remain privately owned under agricultural conservation easements.

Planning commission staff told the Bucks County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 22 about a new municipal participation program intended to expand farmland preservation in the county and allow municipalities to add local funds to county and state matching grants.

A planning representative, identified in the meeting as Mr. Ives, said the program was designed to "complement our current existing County state AG preservation program" and that preserved farms would remain…

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