Reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 2, No. 3 (PRFA, July 1995)

Farmers Home Administration
Conservation Easements & Transfers
of Seized Farm Land

To U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & State Governments
for Wetlands & Habitat Preservation
Total as of Oct. 1, 1994

Easements to:

Total number of farm properties

Total acres

  
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1,366 123,861  
    State Agencies 204 45,673  
  Easements Total 1,570 169,534  
  Transfers to:      
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 149 49,209  
    Other Federal Agencies 29 10,162  
    State Agencies 194 54,577  
  Transfers All Agencies 372 113,948  
Grand Total Easements & Transfers 1942 283,482 acres

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