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Landowners pitch 107‑acre Hendricks farm for conservation easement; committee urges funding partners and neighbor outreach
Summary
Hendricks family members presented a Phase 1 application for roughly 107 contiguous acres north of Richmond, asking the Cache County Open Space Advisory Committee to score the property. Committee recommended contacting NRCS and local land trusts, offered a site visit and suggested expanding the project by engaging adjacent landowners to improve funding prospects.
At a Sept. 9 meeting of the Cache County Open Space Advisory Committee, family members representing the Hendricks property asked the committee to consider their Phase 1 application for a conservation easement on about 107 contiguous acres north of Richmond.
The applicants described the land as longtime family farmland currently leased to the Christiansen family and said they would prefer to preserve it rather than see subdivision. “We'd love to see this farm stay a farm,” one applicant said during the presentation. Committee members and staff reviewed maps, existing trail designations and irrigation arrangements and discussed funding paths and next steps.
Why it matters: A conservation easement would prevent future…
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