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Court hears update on farmland easement program, notes $500,000 county allocation to leverage USDA match
Summary
Scott County received an update from the Rural Land Management Board on the USDA-backed Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The court has allocated up to $500,000 to be matched by USDA; two top applicants were selected and applications were delivered to USDA for appraisal and review.
The Scott County Fiscal Court received an update from the Scott County Rural Land Management Board on the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), the local successor to the county's purchase-of-development-rights work.
Mr. Lacey told the court the county has budgeted up to $500,000 that would be matched by USDA National Resources Conservation Service on a roughly 50/50 basis under the ACEP framework. He said board members had reviewed the waiting list, contacted…
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