11/25 ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ-๐ฒ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ. This adds to Lehighs 28,000 acres over 400+ farms. Did you know… We rank 4th!!! in the state in preserved farmland?
The newly preserved Upper Milford Township farms are located at:
– 3590 Church View Road, Emmaus 54 acres
– 5900 German Road, Emmaus 25 acres
๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐:
An agricultural conservation easement is a permanent legal restriction on land development that limits future uses of land to agriculture. This protection is forever.
Applicants for preservation have their properties ranked through objective criteria set at the local and state levels. Even though these are county owned properties, they went through the same process and scrutiny that any applicant would. The criteria weighs soil quality the most but also looks at proximity to other preserved farms, minimum size and development potential. These two farms both ranked in the top 3.
Because they ranked so high, the county is being paid by the state for the development rights. We will roll those proceeds back into our local preservation program which lets us protect more land next year. Win win.
