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By Luci Beachdell
| Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 08:45 AM
(Brought to us by the Five Rivers MetroParks Conservation Department. Featured here because of the overlap of conservation and productive farmland.)
Late last fall
Five Rivers MetroParks closed on 2 new conservation easements totaling 253 acres. MetroParks now protects 5,940 acres in the Twin Valley, mostly in Montgomery County. The Twin Valley is the wildest corner of Montgomery County with mature woodlands along Twin Creek surrounded by scenic and productive farmland. The conservation goal is to protect the stream corridor and adjacent woodlands by purchase if possible, and to protect the surrounding working farms with conservation easements. These easements protect the watershed of Twin Creek, one of the finest streams in Ohio.
Reasons to do conservation easements instead of outright purchase include:
Less than one third of the cost to MetroParks and taxpayers.
Easements ensure that the protected public land will always be surrounded by undeveloped farmland, a much better situation for wildlife and park users.
Easements create a partnership with landowners, local communities, and other conservation organizations. These partnerships can accomplish far more together than separately.
Both of the new easements are partnerships with the Three Valley Conservation Trust and the United States Department of Agriculture. Three Valley applied for and received the necessary grant funding that covered three quarters of the acquisition costs. Click here for more information on the Three Valley Conservation Trust.
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