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Preserving
Wilderness and Farm Land
Tools For Saving Land
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Butterfly Hollow Farm ____ The Path Leading Us Here ____ How The Farm Got Its Name ____ Restoring the Old Farmhouse ____ Where The Beefalo Roam ____ Saddle Up The Horses ____ Saving Wilderness and Farm Land ____ Farm Journals ____ Sharing The Farm ____ Guest Book ____ Site Map ____ |
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Transfer
of Development Rights These programs allow landowners to transfer the right to develop one parcel of land to a different parcel of land. TDR programs can protect farmland by shifting development from agricultural areas to areas planned for growth. When the development rights are transferred from a piece of property, the land is restricted with a permanent agricultural conservation easement which is purchased from the landowner. Most TDR transactions are between private landowners and developers. Local governments approve transactions and monitor easements. TDR programs offer a potential solution to some of the problems communities face when the create agriculture zoning and other regulations, which can reduce equity. When protective zoning is combined with a TDR program, urbanization is prevented, fair market value of farmland is lowered, but the equity is returned to the landowner by the selling of their development rights.
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info@butterflyhollow.com
Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563