Spring 2023 Centre County Agricultural Land Preservation News Update

The Spring 2023 Centre County Agricultural Land Preservation News Update features preservation efforts by local farmers, the benefits of donating development rights to woodland, managing healthy forests, promoting healthy soils, and explains the difference between the Purchased Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) program offered by the Commonwealth and Centre County, and the Land Trust model of preservation administered by the Centre County Farmland Trust.

Highlighted Ferguson Township Farms

Click the farms linked below for maps.

Recorded Agricultural Conservation Easements
David G. Burket Living Trust farm, 22.41 acres, Ferguson Township, closed January 17, 2023
Nancy A. and Webb C. Miller farm, 84.1 acres, Ferguson Township, closed April 6, 2023

Approved by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board, April 13, 2023
Larry F., Suzanne M. and Dawn Harpster farm, 200.7 acres, Ferguson Township

Appraisals Authorized by the Centre County Agricultural Land Preservation Board, May 4, 2023
#2 Ranked PACE applicant, Carl R. Gates farm, 182 acres, Ferguson Township
#3 Ranked PACE applicant, Karen Dreibelbis farm, 101 acres, Ferguson Township, pending available funding

For more information, visit Ferguson Township's Agricultural Preservation page or centrecountypa.gov/209/Agriculture.