Easement Restrictions

PACE Statutes

Easement Template

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Questions and Answers

Features and Benefits

Determine Your Easement Value

Tax Advantages

Application

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Scoring Questionnaire

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Evaluation Criteria

Program Status

State Easement Map

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Current Status of Program

As of November 13, 2007

The PACE Corporation has purchased agricultural conservation easements on 88 farms totaling 20,927 acres for $17,873,444. The easement costs have averaged $854 per acre. The farm size has averaged 238 acres. In addition, 34 easements on 4,638 acres have been donated to the program, bringing the total inventory to 122 farms containing 25,565 acres.

Since the inception of the program, the Department has received 816 applications from 75 counties statewide totaling over 160,000 acres.

A total of 667 applications are currently pending for a total of over 129,000 acres with an estimated easement value of over $100 million.