罗得岛州获635.5万美元联邦拨款保护农田 入选全国42个项目
罗得岛州环境管理厅11月6日宣布，该州通过美国农业部自然资源保护局的区域保护合作计划，获得635.5万美元联邦拨款用于农田保护项目，是全国入选的42个项目之一。这笔资金将支持新设立的“罗得岛农田遗产合作”项目，以生产者合同与保护地役权的方式，向农田所有者提供资金援助，让仍在耕种的土地继续掌握在农户手中，并兼顾相邻林地的保护。州农业土地保护委员会手中有一份希望保护农田却苦于缺乏资金与合格机构的农场名单，环境管理厅将与该委员会共同筛选合适项目，地役权由自然资源保护局持有，北罗得岛保护区与罗得岛调解合作中心提供支持。联邦参议员杰克·里德、谢尔登·怀特豪斯，众议员赛斯·马加齐纳、加布·阿莫与州长丹·麦基均发表声明支持。环境管理厅长特里·格雷指出，全州有1000多家农场，且按农业部最新农业普查，罗得岛新手农民占比全美最高，农田传承与保护因此格外重要。
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Rhode Island Wins $6.355 Million Federal Award to Protect Farmland, One of 42 Projects Nationwide
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced on Nov. 6 that the state has received $6.355 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service's Regional Conservation Partnership Program to protect farmland, one of 42 projects selected nationwide. The money will support the new Rhode Island Farm Legacy Partnership, which will use producer contracts and conservation easements to help farm owners keep working land in farmers' hands while also protecting adjacent woodland. The state Agricultural Land Preservation Commission holds a list of farms seeking protection but lacking funds and qualified entities; DEM will screen projects jointly with the commission, easements will be held by NRCS, and the Northern Rhode Island Conservation District and the Rhode Island Mediation Collaborative will provide support. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, and Governor Dan McKee all issued statements of support. DEM Director Terry Gray noted that Rhode Island has more than 1,000 farms and, per the latest USDA Census of Agriculture, the nation's highest share of beginning farmers, making farmland succession and protection especially important.
(Source: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management)
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