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Planning & Policy Projects

As of April 2005, CFCP has awarded the following grants for planning and policy projects, in order by grant date:

Grant Recipient Project Title & Description County Total Project Cost Grant Date Grant Amount
City of Turlock North Turlock Agricultural Land Conservation Program

Stanislaus

 $25,000.00 1998 $15,000.00
Merced County Countywide Agricultural Preservation Strategies-- Resource Conservation Strategy Model Merced $51,627.57 1998 $30,027.57
Greenbelt Alliance Santa Clara County Agricultural Conservation Easement Acquisition Study Santa Clara $21,800.00 1998 $10,000.00
Great Valley Center Application of Agricultural Conservation Easements in the Central Valley Central Valley $64,000.00 1998 $41,000.00
Napa County Land Trust Donated Conservation Easement Program Napa $72,342.00 1998 $45,000.00
San Luis Obispo County Impacts of Antiquated Subdivisions on Intensifying Agriculture San Luis Obispo $20,000.00 1998 $10,000.00
California Oak Foundation Rural Lands Conservation Program Statewide $35,700.00 1998 $20,000.00
California FarmLink Promotion of Ag Land Preservation Techniques as Part of Intergenerational Farm Transfers Statewide $175,000.00 1999 $30,000.00
California Rangeland Trust Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Legal Research Project Statewide $27,300.00 1999 $23,915.00
City of Lodi Lower Lodi Agricultural Lands Conservation Program San Joaquin $27,835.00 2000 $15,000.00
Bay Area Open Space Council (with Greenbelt Alliance) Building Stewardship and Organizational Resources for Agricultural Easements Statewide $54,975.00 2000 $49,575.00
Placer County Western Placer County Agricultural Land Assessment and Agricultural Conservation Plan Placer $116,325.00 2000 $54,090.00
Ventura Agricultural Land Trust Public education & marketing campaign regarding land conservation Ventura $110,575.00 2000 $29,850.00
Institute for Local Self Government A Local Government Officials' Guidebook to Farmland Protection Statewide $57,000.00 2001 $33,000.00
Capay Valley Vision Capay Valley Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection Project Yolo $88,300.00 2001 $29,300.00
Great Valley Center Central Valley Land Trust Conference 2001/02 Central Valley $186,500.00 2001 $30,000.00
Land Trust Alliance Pacific Land Trust Conference 2002 and 2003 Statewide $71,880.00 2002 $15,000.00
Great Valley Center Developing Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Transactions in California's Central Valley Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Yolo $572,000 2003 $197,000
Napa Land Trust Priority Agricultural Lands Conservation Assessment & Agricultural Easement Implementation Napa $146,500 2003 $63,500
Solano Land Trust Easement Plan Implementation Solano $135,500 2004 $94,000
Northcoast Regional Land Trust Northcoast Farmland Conservation Program Humboldt, Del Norte $104,000 2004 $80,000
Sacramento Valley Conservancy East County Agricultural Land Conservation Project Sacramento $ 87,900 2004 $ 74,600
San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust San Joaquin River Farmland Conservation Project Fresno, Madera $ 63,140 2004 $ 50,512
Great Valley Center 2004 Summit Transaction Support Project Central Valley $ 30,000 2004 $ 25,000
Great Valley Center Developing PACE Transactions in CA's Central Valley Merced, Stanislaus, Yolo $ 75,000 2005 $ 30,000