Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Housing and Planning References
Author: National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Protection of Farmland
Author: Robert E. CoughlinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Workshop on Public Land Acquisition and Alternatives
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Legislative Proposals Linking Commodity and Conservation Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry, and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural price supports
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Northeast Resource Area Resource Management Plan/environmental Impact Statement
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Canon City DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Indexes to HUD Sponsored Comprehensive Planning Reports
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Library and Information DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
A Review of Selected Laws and Governmental Programs in Colorado, as Related to Mineral Resource Management and Surface Mining
Author: Edgar A. ImhoffPublisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Miscellaneous Conservation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Holding Our Ground
Author: Deborah BowersPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610910850
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Farmers, who own or rent most of the private land in America, hold the key not only to the nation's food supply, but also to managing community growth, maintaining an attractive landscape, and protecting water and wildlife resources. While the issue of protecting farmland and open space is not new, the intensity of the challenge has increased. Farmers are harder pressed to make a living, and rural and suburban communities are struggling to accommodate increasing populations and the development that comes with them. Holding Our Ground can help landowners and communities devise and implement effective strategies for protecting farmland. The book: discusses the reasons for protecting farmland and how to make those reasons widely known and understood describes the business of farming, federal government farm programs, and the role of land in farmers's decisions analyzes federal, state, and local farmland protection efforts and techniques explores a variety of land protection options including purchase of development rights; transfer of development rights; private land trusts; and financial, tax, and estate planning reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the farmland protection tools available The authors describe the many challenges involved in protecting farmland and explain how to create a package of techniques that can meet those challenges. In addition, they offer appendixes with model zoning ordinances, nuisance disclaimers, conservation easements, and other documents that individuals and communities need to carry out the programs discussed. Holding Our Ground provides citizens, elected officials, planners, and landowners with a solid basis for understanding the issues behind farmland protection, and will be an invaluable resource in developing techniques and programs for achieving long-term protection goals.