Gaining Ground Information Database

By State -- Massachusetts -- Farmland Protection

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Agricultural Incentive Areas

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This statute authorizes a city or town to determine and designate agricultural land or land with horticultural use as agricultural incentive areas upon consultation with, and review by local and regio...

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Agricultural Land Protection

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This statute authorizes a city or town to establish a conservation commission for the promotion, development and protection of the natural resources of the city or town. Paragraph two below authorize...

http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents...

Conservation Restrictions (Conservation Easements)

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This statute grants the authority to “any governmental body” to acquire and hold conservation restrictions for purposes including conservation of land or water area. The restriction is subject to app...

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