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Walton County adopts framework for 'Walton Forever' conservation‑easement program
Summary
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance establishing the Walton Forever program, a framework to use conservation easements to protect agricultural land. The ordinance creates the structure but does not appropriate funds; funding and property selection will be decided later by resolution and annual budgeting.
Walton County commissioners approved an ordinance to establish the Walton Forever land‑conservation program, a framework intended to preserve agricultural land through conservation easements.
The ordinance creates a program structure that would allow the county to record perpetual conservation easements on eligible agricultural properties and to select a qualified nonprofit to administer acquisitions through a public procurement (RFP/RFQ). County staff and the county attorney emphasized that the adoption establishes policy only; it does not…
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