Agricultural Conservation Plans The NRCS and Monroe County Conservation District works to assist each landowner achieve a sustainable system that contributes to the economy as well as healthy ecosystems, landscapes, and watersheds. The conservation plan contains measures such as conservation crop rotation, nutrient management, residue management, pest management, water management, etc. A successful plan helps the individual landowner achieve his or her business and personal objectives while, at the same time, meet his or her responsibility to care for the land.
Monroe County Agricultural Land Preservation Easement Purchase Program The Monroe County Agricultural Land Preservation Program is intended to protect and promote continued productive agricultural use on viable agricultural lands through the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements. These easements preclude the development or improvement of the land for any purpose other than agricultural production and allowed related agricultural activities. An agricultural conservation easement is a voluntary agreement, made between a landowner and a government agency, which conveys the development rights to the easement holder. This Program is available to farmland owners, located in agricultural security areas, who wish to sell agricultural conservation easements to Monroe County and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Since its inception in 1990, the Monroe County Agricultural Land Preservation Board has purchased seventy-five conservation easements totaling 5,461 acres. If you are interested in this program and would like more information, contact the Monroe County Conservation District at 579-629-3060, or call Monroe County Planning Commission, at 570-517-3100 or visit the Monroe County Planning Commission website at http://www.co.monroe.pa.us