Contact:

Maurine Orndorff

Agricultural Programs Technician

Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District

125 E. Erie Street

Painesville, OH  44077

440-350-5863

morndorff@lakecountyohio.gov

 

  

Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will be presenting a workshop on agricultural land protection resources on Thursday, November 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Madison Public Library, 6111 Middle Ridge Road in Madison Ohio, 44057.

 

The program is open to all agricultural land owners in Northeast Ohio.  Presentations will include information about agricultural conservation easements, state and federal easement purchase programs (Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program and Federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program), easement donations, the Agricultural Security Area (ASA) program, the Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) program, Agricultural Districts, the FarmLink program- including “12 Ways to Hold or Secure Land”, and the basics of estate planning.

 

Speakers will include Meredith Fox, FarmLink Coordinator with the Countryside Conservancy, Ernie Brass, President of Money Concepts Financial Planning Centre and Chairman of the Lake County Development Council (LCDC) and LCDC Agribusiness Committee, and Maurine Orndorff, Agricultural Programs Technician with Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District.  Lynne Bittinger, with the Lake County Auditor’s Office will be on hand to answer questions about the CAUV program.

 

Refreshments will be served, and reservations appreciated. For more information contact Maurine Orndorff, Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District at 440-350-5863; morndorff@lakecountyohio.gov.