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Farmland
Preservation
The purpose
of the Voluntary Farmland District Program is to encourage
the voluntary preservation and protection of
farmland from non-farm development. This is in recognition of the
importance of agriculture of the economic and social
well being of the county.
The General
Assembly of the State of North Carolina authorized
counties to undertake a series of programs to
encourage the preservation of farmland. This statutory authority is found
in Chapter 106. Articles 61 of the North
Carolina General Statutes. On March 11, 1996, the Transylvania
County Board of Commissioners adopted a
Volunteer Farmland District Ordinance (Article VIII 16-201-16300).
The ordinance provides for the creation of an Agricultural Advisory Board
to administer this program. The Board
reviews and approves applications for qualifying farmland as well as
establishing voluntary agricultural districts.
Voluntary
Farmland District Program Brochure
Voluntary Farmland
District Program Applications
Transylvania
County Farmland Preservation Plan - 2009
District Director
Jeff Parker
District
Secretary/Education Coordinator
Jo Ann McCall
NRCS-District Conservationist
Bob Twomey
TRANSYLVANIA
SWCD Days/Hours of
Operation:
Regularly scheduled board
106 East Morgan Street
Monday - Friday
meeting
3rd Thursday of the
Suite
138
8:00AM - 4:30 PM
month 5PM 1st floor DSS
Brevard, NC 28712
CLOSED
conference room in the
(828)
884-3230
12:00-1:00 for Lunch Community Services Bldg.
Fax: (828)
884-9323
STAFF CAN BE IN THE FIELD, CALLING AHEAD IS ADVISED!
Transylvania
County Soil & Water Conservation District
Annual
Report 2010-2011
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