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Related Publications
The following resources represent a collection of publications that address the Pennsylvania Agricultural Area Security Law (AASL). Where possible, the Center has provided viewable copies of these publications. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to access some of these materials through an online legal research database.
Government Publications
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Farmland Preservation
An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Pennsylvania’s Farmland Preservation Program (Sept. 27, 2019)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Agricultural Security Area Handbook (revised Apr. 11, 2016)
A Guide to Farmland Preservation, 3rd Edition (updated Dec. 2008)
Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation, County Program Contact Information
Farmland Preservation Annual Reports:
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Legal Publications
Jess R. Phelps, Defining the Role of Agriculture in Agricultural Conservation Easements, 45 Ecology L. Q. 647 (2019)
Federico Cheever and Nancy A. McLaughlin, An Introduction to Conservation Easements in the United States: A Simple Concept and a Complicated Mosaic of Law, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 130 (2015)
Thomas L. Daniels and Mark Lapping, Land Preservation: An Essential Ingredient in Smart Growth, Departmental Papers (City and Regional Planning) (2005)
Steve Weber and Leslie MacRae, Agricultural Conservation Easements, The Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center (Aug. 2004)
Jeff Feirick, Condemnation of Agricultural Security Area Farmland, White v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Penn State Dickinson Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center (1999)
Timothy J. Houseal, Forever a Farm: The Agricultural Conservation Easement in Pennsylvania, 94 Dickinson L. Rev. 527 (1990)
Miscellaneous Publications
Agricultural Security Areas: Protecting Farms from Condemnation and Unreasonably Restrictive Ordinances, Pennsylvania Land Trust Association (2017)
Amending Conservation Easements: Evolving Practices and Legal Principles, Land Trust Alliance (2017)
