Working Lands Initiative
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dear Supporters--Learn more about the Working Lands Initiative in our County and help shape the potential program here.
The WLI can be either a benefit to family farm enterprises or a welcome mat for large agricultural production and processing factories depending on local zoning. All those interested in shaping their local town and county policies regarding this new initiative should attend this workshop. It is being held to help local planning and zoning committees make better decisions on how they might participate in this new program which has completely changed the old Farmland Preservation Program in Wisconsin.
Edie Ehlert, CSP Coordinator
Learn More About Wisconsin’s Working Lands Initiative
Those interested in land use issues in Crawford County have probably heard about the state's new “Working Lands Initiative.” The goal of the initiative is to achieve preservation of areas significant for current and future agricultural uses by:
- Expanding and modernizing the state's existing farmland preservation program.
- Establishing "agricultural enterprise areas" (AEAs)
- Developing a purchase of agricultural conservation easement matching grant program
Working Lands Initiative Workshop Thursday, February 4, 2010, 1-3 p.m.,
(session following from 4-5 p.m. on the Ag Enterprise Area program for those who wish to stay.)
Seneca Highway Building.
For more information contact Jennifer Nelson 608-476-2301
Read more at http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/workinglands/index.jsp