COSAC proposes council workshop on small-parcel easements using Cooper property example
A committee member proposed a workshop with the council to explore simpler, smaller easement purchases (using the Cooper 20-acre parcel as an example) and discussed offering modest per-acre payments (participants cited approximately $5,000/acre) to secure visible gateway conservation.
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Speaker 6 asked the committee to consider a workshop with the council to examine options for smaller, visible parcels that might accept modest easement payments without lengthy outside fundraising. He used the Cooper property (20 acres near Wellsville) as an example and said an easement might be simpler if the county offered an amount the owner could accept without seeking matching NRCS funds.
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