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Bond In Investing Savings Hunterdon County is among the biggest beneficiaries of the state's farmland preservation program, with the costly price of real estate meaning it topped the list of counties receiving the most money.

While the township issued bonds to finance the deal up front, Schmierer has said local officials anticipate recovering about $1.5 million of the cost from the state's Green Acres program and its Historic Preservation Fund.

Bond Investment Toledo Toledo Gov. James E. McGreevey and the state Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday the state has so far preserved 100,000 acres of farmland statewide.

flight reception will be hosted by Kathy and John Winant at their nearby Coventry Farm property, which the D&R Greenway helped preserve in 2001. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the Greenway in its mission to help preserve environmentally sensitive and historic land in the region. Officials said Greenway has preserved more than 6, 000 acres of land, valued at more than $113.4 million, in central New Jersey. For information or reservations for the festival, call (609) 4646.

James Bond Trading Card "Farmland preservation protects our working landscapes so that future generations will have the land they need to farm," McGreevey said. "This 100,000-acre milestone is important not only for agriculture, but for the smart growth of New Jersey."

The institute's director of the Northern Forest Protection Fund, Denise Schlener, said the goal was not to acquire all the private property in the Northern Forest but to protect pieces that would link together adjoining forest areas to preserve the larger landscape. She estimated that as many as 5 million acres could be protected with money from the institute's program.

Bond In Investing Stock In his anti-sprawl-themed state address McGreevey called Tuesday for reshuffling the way state bonds are handled to allow the state to borrow an additional $100 million over three years. He has proposed buying 20,000 acres per year with the money.

New Jersey's wetlands are diminishing quickly, and the state program to keep them preserved is not maintaining its promise to do so ("Report says NJ failing to protect crucial wetlands, " 5, April 12). made acres.

Municipal Bonds Investment Much of the funding for the purchases comes from a 1998 program initiated by former Gov. Christie Whitman, who ushered through a public referendum approving the spending of $1 billion by 2008 to purchase open space.

Attorneys for the Rancocas Conservancy and the township are working on an ordinance to formally transfer the deed on the property. The deal should be completed sometime within the next few months, according to Chris Jage, a trustee with the Rancocas Conservancy. Jage said yesterday the parcel would be preserved as a "natural area" that would be accessible to the public. He said a conservation easement would be placed on the property, with some funding coming from the state Green Acres Program.

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Bond Debt High In Inside "It's a good milestone," said Sen. Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester.

Bond Greenville Greenville He said in some cases developers are offering farmers $6 million for less than 100 acres, at least $3.5 million more than government officials can pay.

Trading Stock And Bonds With 11,772 acres preserved at a cost to the state of $68,537,564, Hunterdon County ranked No. 3 for land preserved, yet the high price of real estate in the wealthy county put it at No. 1 in terms of total money spent.

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Basis Bond Finance Hill Jeff Tittel, director of New Jersey Sierra Club, said the preservation program is not a cure-all for the state's efforts to control development.

Bond Explained Terms Trading "It's about proper planning," he said.

Bond Business Investing Stock By Terrence Dopp
The Express-Times - 1/16/2003

Topic: Less Sprawl

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