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Farmland, clean water and a way of
life. All three are dependent on a thriving agricultural
community that is threatened by rising land prices and development.
Safeguard these irreplaceable resources—our rural landscape
and its family farms—by supporting us with your donation.
In partnership with New York City, the Watershed Agricultural
Council conserves farmland as part of a long-term strategy
to insure green space for the future protection of the water
supply. Watershed communities benefit from conservation
easements that set aside important fertile land for farming,
while downstate residents are assured that sprawl will not
degrade the water supply.
Through a unique
agricultural conservation easement with the Watershed Agricultural
Council (WAC), landowners can permanently protect their
farmland and clean water while preserving their right to
practice farming and forestry. That's because we purchase
the development rights only from farms with a pollution
prevention plan that addresses risks to our water supply.
With the sale or donation of an agricultural easement to
WAC, farmers can re-invest in their business, transfer the
farm to the next generation or retire, while the farmland
remains undeveloped forever.
When we protect a farm, we preserve a way of life. For generations,
people in the Catskills have appreciated the rural character
of the region's undeveloped landscape: a beautiful patchwork
of farm and forestland run through with cool mountain streams.
To work and live in an active farming community is to be
a part of a vibrant landscape where farmers milk cows, grow
hay and tap maple trees. Looking towards the future, Catskill
farmers are growing new markets with specialty food crops
like organic vegetables, grass-fed beef and poultry and
farmstead cheese. |
Click
here to donate
with our print and mail form.
Watershed Agricultural Council, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit
organization. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent
of the law. A copy of the Watershed Agricultural Council's
latest annual report may be obtained from the organization
or from the New York State Attorney General's Charities
Bureau, Attn: FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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