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The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) was one of the first created in the United States and has become one of the nation's leaders in agricultural land preservation. Created by the General Assembly in 1977, MALPF purchases agricultural preservation easements that forever restrict development on prime farmland and woodland and has permanently preserved land in each of Maryland's 23 counties, representing a public investment of over $682 million. At the end of FY 2016, MALPF has purchased easements on a cumulative total of 2,218 properties, permanently preserving about 300,916 acres. |
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The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) was one of the first created in the United States and has become one of the nation's leaders in agricultural land preservation. Created by the General Assembly in 1977, MALPF purchases agricultural preservation easements that forever restrict development on prime farmland and woodland and has permanently preserved land in each of Maryland's 23 counties, representing a public investment of over $682 million. At the end of FY 2016, MALPF has purchased easements on a cumulative total of 2,218 properties, permanently preserving about 300,916 acres. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>The mission of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation is:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To preserve productive farmland and woodland for the continued production of food and fiber for all of Maryland's citizens (statutory goal);</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To curb the expansion of random urban development (statutory goal);</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To help curb the spread of urban blight and deterioration (statutory goal);</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To help protect agricultural land and woodland as open space (statutory goal);</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To protect wildlife habitat (ancillary goal); and</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>To enhance the environmental quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries (ancillary goal).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> |
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