Panelists Ashley Greathouse, from Bluegrass Lands Conservancy, and Billy Van Pelt, with American Farmland Trust, provided valuable information about the basics of conservation easements, as well as the importance of land conservation in general. 

Watch the forum and review additional resources below! 

Moving Forward Forum: Conservation Easements Video

American Farmland Trust: Farming is Our Future Video
While we couldn’t get this video to play during the forum, you can watch it here.

American Farmland Trust
Billy Van Pelt, Senior Director of External Relations
bvanpelt@farmland.org
(859) 983-8118
https://farmland.org/

AFT Farms Under Threat: State of the States Assessment
Billy referred to a number of these maps during his presentation. See below: 
https://csp-fut.appspot.com/#how-to-navigate

Bluegrass Land Conservancy
Ashley Greathouse, Counsel & Director of Conservation
agreathouse@bluegrassconservancy.org
(859) 255-4552
https://bluegrasslandconservancy.org