by Kate Shunney
Morgan County’s Farmland Protection program has a lot more money at their disposal to preserve agricultural and woodland space in recent months.
The program is funded in part by an Estate Transfer Tax collected by the County Clerk. Funds used to purchase conservation easements from this source are matched by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
With recent real estate transactions hitting their highest…
