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Draft plan adds agritourism, working‑lands and fisheries policy; commissioners ask about incentives
Summary
The draft comprehensive plan adds working‑lands goals that support agriculture, agritourism and forestry and proposes policy to maintain adequate fish stocks and support aquaculture; commissioners asked staff to consider federal preservation funds, financial incentives for fisheries and reuse of mining borrow pits for recreation.
Planning staff presented a new "Working Lands" theme that would promote a diverse agriculture and forestry sector and support agritourism activities such as farm stays, roadside stands, craft beverage production and recreation farms.
Commissioners asked staff to explicitly include federal funding sources for land preservation (for example, REPI and other federal easement programs) and to…
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