Farmland Preservation Plan
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Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan
Updated May 2008
Since the program's inception in 1983, the County Agriculture Development Board has preserved 9,468 acres of farmland with another 2,894 acres pending in 2007. At the end of 2007, the SCADB will have preserved a total of 12,362 acres of farmland in Sussex County.
This Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan identifies ten Project Areas in which future farmland preservation efforts will be concentrated.
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- Full Plan (187 pages, 17MB)
Individual sections follow - Inside Title Page
- Document Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- CHAPTER 1: AGRICULTURAL LAND BASE OF SUSSEX COUNTY
- CHAPTER 2: AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN SUSSEX COUNTY
- CHAPTER 3: THE LAND USE PLANNING CONTEXT IN SUSSEX COUNTY(3.2MB)
- CHAPTER 4: SUSSEX COUNTY'S FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM – OVERVIEW
- CHAPTER 5: FUTURE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM
- CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SUSSEX COUNTY
- CHAPTER 7: NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
- CHAPTER 8: AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY, RETENTION AND PROMOTION
- Literature Cited
- Maps(11.3MB)
- APPENDICES