Compensating Landowners
 for Conserving
Agricultural Land


Papers from a California Conference

Edited by Nora De Cuir Alvin D. Sokolow Jeff Woled

 

Published by

Community Studies Extension, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis in as­sociation with University of California Agricultural Issues Center. December, 2003  © 2003 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

 

Publication supported by the California Legacy Program, California Resources Agency

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This report may also be viewed on the Agricultural Issues Center web site: http://www.aic.ucdavis.edu.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION: THEMES AND IDEAS

 

Compensatory Options for Protecting Working Landscapes  Al Sokolow and  Nora De Cuir

1. THE CALIFORNIA SETTING

Sustainability and Sustenance: Protection and Stewardship Opportunities for California’s Agricultural Lands Mary Nichols
2. THE PUBLIC VALUES OF MAINTAINING WORKING LANDSCAPES

Estimating the Income, Environmental, and Social Benefits of Agricultural Conservation Easements from the Perspective of Local Stakeholders

     J. Dixon Esseks, Richard C. Owens, Charles A. Francis, Steven E. Kraft, and Dennis Schroeder
Meshing Compensatory and Regulatory Approaches in the Preservation of Farmland

    Theodore A. Feitshans
Are Public Funds Being Spent to Preserve the Farmland that the Public Wants to Preserve?

     Patricia E. Norris, B. James Deaton, and Brian P. Foley
Is There a Private Market for Farmland Preservation?
     Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Bethany Lavigno, John C. Bergstrom, and Barry J. Barnett
3. LANDOWNER PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES

What California Farmland Owners Like and Don’t Like about Compensatory Programs for Conservation

    Al Sokolow, Joan Wright, Nora De Cuir, and Mica Bennett
Farmer Views of Farmland Conservation and Stewardship in California

     Karen Klonsky, Rachel Goodhue, and Guillaume Gruere
Landowner Expectations and Experiences with Conservation Easements

    Andrew Marshall, Dana Hoag, and Andrew Seidel
Why Landowners Participate in CRP and Other Federal Conservation Programs: Insights from Recent Surveys

     Steven Kraft, Christopher Lant, Timothy Loftus, and Keith Gillman
What Works and What Doesn’t:  Landowner Reaction Panel

    Chuck Bacchi, Nicole Van Vleck, and Russ Lester
4. USDA CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

The Evolution of Conservation Payments to Farmers   J. Douglas Helms

Lessons from USDA Conservation Programs: Competing and Compatible Conservation Purposes

    Douglas J. Lawrence
USDA Technical Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers: The Shift to Third Party Technical Service Providers       Helen R. Flach

5. AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS:  A LANDOWNER’S PERSPECTIVE

Negotiating an Agricultural Easement: A Landowner’s Perspective on Conflicting Production and Conservation Values

    Albert G. Medvitz and Jeanne McCormack

Negotiating an Agricultural Easement: Reaction Panel

    Deniz Tuncer, Harry Pollack, and Andrea Mackenzie
6. AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS:  PROGRAM ISSUES

Variations in Conservation Easement Duration and Payment Options

    Tom Daniels
Less-than-Perpetuity Agricultural Conservation Easements

    Anita M. Zurbrugg
Creative Finance in Farmland Preservation: Using Installment Purchases to Acquire Easements

    Deborah Bowers

7. NEW IDEAS: EMPOWERING LANDOWNERS

Agricultural Preservation and Development Associations

    David L. Carlson
The Potential of Landpooling for Conservation and Agriculture at the Urban Fringe and Beyond

    David B. Renkert
Creating Market-Based Incentives for Conservation

     Craig Evans
8. WRAP-UP

Programs and Experiences
Contributors
List of Conference Participants


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