Grant opportunity · Carroll County Department of Planning & Land Management

Carroll County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs

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About this opportunity

The Carroll County Agricultural Land Preservation Program pays landowners who voluntarily place a permanent conservation easement on their property to protect productive agricultural land from non-agricultural development. Landowners retire the non-agricultural development potential of their land while retaining fee simple title and continuing to farm. Easements are legally binding on the land and all future owners in perpetuity. Some easements are also obtained through donation, county code requirements, or transfer of development rights. The program has operated since 1980 and is the most successful locally-administered program in Maryland, having preserved over 81,426 acres across more than 781 farms as of October 2025, with a goal of preserving at least 100,000 acres. Carroll County…

Who may apply

individual, for-profit, non-profit

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