Farms for Tomorrow

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February 15, 2020 S01Ep04P4 – Barry Lonik – Conservation Easement Implementation
Conservancy
Episode 4 Part 4:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology
and Land Services

Easement Implementation

How the process of publicly funded land conservation proceeds: how properties are identified, how landowners and program administrators become aware of the opportunities, and the special case of affirmative easements for ag use of land.

About Barry Lonik

Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for 26 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective, durable nonprofit organization. More

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Legacy Land Conservancy
Contact Barry Lonik
Ann Arbor Greenbelt Millage
Webster Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Ann Arbor Charter Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Scio Twp. Land Preservation Commission
Preserving Farmland and Open Space

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13min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep04P3 – Barry Lonik – Launching and Winning Ballot Campaigns
Conservancy
Episode 4 Part 3:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology
and Land Services

Winning Ballot Campaigns

How to get engaged on local zoning debates as well as how to launch a ballot campaign for publicly funded conservation easement millage. Also describes how those funds can leverage other funding sources for greater conservation impact and the basics of conservation easement oversight.

About Barry Lonik

Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for 26 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective, durable nonprofit organization. More

More Information:

Episode 4 Transcript

Legacy Land Conservancy
Contact Barry Lonik
Ann Arbor Greenbelt Millage
Webster Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Ann Arbor Charter Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Scio Twp. Land Preservation Commission
Preserving Farmland and Open Space

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14min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep04P2 – Barry Lonik – Public-Funding Easements
Conservancy
Episode 4 Part 2:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology
and Land Services

Public Funding - Easements

An introduction to publicly funded millages and the conservation easement tool, and how they can be used to together to preserve different kinds of value for landowners, communities and future generations.

About Barry Lonik

Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for 26 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective, durable nonprofit organization. More

More Information:

Episode 4 Transcript

Legacy Land Conservancy
Contact Barry Lonik
Ann Arbor Greenbelt Millage
Webster Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Ann Arbor Charter Twp. Farmland and Open Space Board
Scio Twp. Land Preservation Commission
Preserving Farmland and Open Space

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23min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep04P1 – Barry Lonik – Benefits of Green Space
How to argue the case for land preservation and participate more effectively in local land use and planning/zoning processes. Covers local government and property owners’ finances, the environmental services and economic value of undeveloped land, aesthetics, and community character.
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13min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep04 – Barry Lonik – Farm Project 2017
With decades of experience in on-the-ground organizing for land preservation in Michigan, Barry Lonik describes the benefits of publicly funded conservation easements and outlines paths for community involvement to make it happen. Barry cites many examples showing how the needs of multiple long-term stakeholders can be satisfied while protecting green space and agricultural land.
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1h 12min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep03 – Jean-Paul Stewart-Courtens BD Conference 2014
Jean-Paul Stewart-Courtens shares how after losing the lease on the land he was farming he was able to find and add to a piece of farmland while protecting it for agriculture long term. Success required creative thinking, partnerships, and a mix of funding sources supported by tools such as conservation easements and resale restrictions. Also includes a discussion of leadership transition.
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18min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep02 – Tom Spaulding Biodynamic Conference 2014
Tom Spaulding opens with an inspiring story of how he came to farm the land he’s on, and then shares the model and vision of the current multi-enterprise operation as well as the various strategies his organization has used or is implementing (LLC, community land trust, long-term leases) to protect the farm and prepare for succession.
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16min
February 15, 2020 S01Ep01 – John Bloom – Biodynamic Conference 2014
John Bloom offers a useful conceptual framework distinguishing ownership, use and community as primary concepts to help those seeking to organize around the issue of agricultural land preservation.
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8min

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