• Hawaii Cattle Industry’s and Ranching’s Role in the Ag Land Discussion - by Jim Greenwell , attachment (xls) --- posted on 7/30/2003
  
  

Agricultural Economic Feasibility Subcommittee

• State Functional Plan for Agriculture, 1991 --- posted on 8/7/2003
  
• The Land Tenure Balancing Scale --- posted on 8/5/2003
  

Agriculture Map Support Subcommittee

Criteria & Qualification of Lands Subcommittee


Land Use/Models & Techniques Subcommittee

• Selected agricultural program definitions and criteria for "farm" and "farmer", compiled by Mae Nakahata --- posted on 8/13/2003
  
• State Enterprise Zone webpage
  
• Chart of State & County Tools Related to Agriculture & Agricultural Land (in-progress) --- posted on 7/28/2003
  
• Glossary of Terms Used in Chart of State & County Tools --- posted on 7/28/2003
  
• Illinois Task Force Report on Preservation of Ag Lands --- posted on 5/21/2003
  
• LURF Incentives for Agriculture --- posted on 5/12/2003
  
• Farmland Protection RFP --- posted on 5/12/2003
  
• Tools and Techniques for Protecting Farmlands --- posted on 4/15/2003
  

Jurisdictional Issues Subcommittee

Other Reports

• Bob Wagner, American Farmland Trust, October 2003 AWG Workshops Summary Report --- posted on 12/15/2003
  
  
• Bob Wagner, American Farmland Trust, May 2003 Seminars Summary Report --- posted on 6/30/2003
  
  
• May 2003 Seminars, Notes from Question & Answer Sessions (doc) --- posted on 7/2/2003
  
  
• Follow-up Information Requested from Bob Wagner, AFT
• Collier County, Florida, Rural Land Stewardship Area Program.
  Note: AFT staff memo describing a rural resource protection program
  in a county with a relatively small number of large landowners.
  Additional information describing the program is available below. --- posted on 8/07/03
  • Collier County Growth Management Plan, Future Land Use Element --- posted on 8/07/2003
  • Rural Land Stewardship Area Overlay, Attachment A-C --- posted on 8/07/2003
  • Rural Land Stewardship Area Implementing Land Devleopment Code Amendments (Final Draft) --- posted on 8/7/2003
    
    
• TDR Case Studies (doc) --- posted on 6/30/2003



• "How Well can Markets for Development Rights Work? Evaluating a Farmland Preservation Program," Resources for the Future, March 2003. Evaluation of Calvert County, MD, TDR program --- posted on 8/07/2003
  
  
• County plans for agriculture
• Monterey County, CA, General Plan Update: Agriculture Element --- posted on 8/07/2003
  
  
• State agriculture development strategies or plans
• New Jersey, Agricultural Smart Growth Plan for New Jersey --- posted on 8/07/2003
  
  
• Water recharge "TDR", Maryland, AFT memo
• Excerpts of Maryland statutes and regulations for water balance analysis --- posted on 8/07/2003
• Sample water recharge easement --- posted on 8/07/2003
  
  
• Term Easements
• Less-Than-Perpetuity and Agricultural Conservation Easements, Anita M. Zurbrugg, American Farmland Trust, April 14, 2003.
• Term Easement White Paper, Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, February 2001
• The Experience of Term Agreements in Farm and Ranchland Protection Programs, powerpoint presentation, Bob Wagner, American Farmland Trust, June 20, 2002
  
  
• Right-to-Farm Protections
• Additional protection offered under Pennsylvania's Agricultural Security Areas law, AFT Technical Assistance Service
  
  
• Marin County PDR program
  • Update on Marin County PDR program
    
    
• Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
• Income limitations for FRPP applicants, AFT staff
  
  
• Yolo County, CA, Farmland Mitigation Ordinance
• Yolo County Approves Farmland Mitigation Ordinance, Land Works, Field Notes, March 9, 2000
  
  
• Point Reyes National Seashore/NPS ag leases
  
  
• Like-Kind Exchanges and Agricultural Easements
  
  
• American Farmland Trust Conference report by John Ray --- posted on 4/15/2003