Sample Easements and Other Documents

Standard Farmland Conservation Easement
Scenic Hudson Land Trust, NY   Updated September 2007

Standard Farmland Conservation Easement
Watershed Agricultural Council, NY    Updated September 23, 2005

Standard Easement with Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value
Vermont Land Trust, VT   Updated January 9, 2008

Standard Agricultural Easement
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, CA    Updated March 2008

Agricultural Preservation Restriction with Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value—husband wife version with town as co-holder
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Updated September 11, 2002
Note: Other versions of this easement are used for different ownership structures and if the easement is pre-acquired by a land trust.

Sample Deed of Easement
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (part of the Maryland Department of Agriculture)    Updated April 2, 2007

Planned Conservation Development
Language from the municipal code of Southampton, NY   Downloaded March 2008

Agricultural Purchase of Development Rights
Language from the municipal code of Southampton, NY   Downloaded March 2008

Cascade Agenda Summary
Cascade Land Conservancy

Farm Access Program Brochure 
Vermont Land Trust

Pilot Agricultural Enterprise District Proposal
Tri-County Agricultural Retention Partnership
New Jersey Conservation Foundation   Draft - February 15, 2007