Agricultural and Forest Preservation
in Anne Arundel County
in Anne Arundel County
• In 2002, AA Co. has smallest average‐size farm out of 23 Maryland counties.
• 22nd out of 23 counties, i.e. next to the lowest, in the percent of land in farms.
• AA County preserved 9,778 acres (as of Feb. 2007), significantly fewer than 5 similar counties:
Baltimore County preserved 5.7 times more acres than AA County; and
Calvert 1.9 times more acres even though AA County has almost twice Calvert Co.'s land area.
• 41% of total county acreage is forested (as of 2002), compared to Howard Co.'s 44% and
Montgomery Co.'s 29%.
1 comment:
Earl B. believes the 9,774 acres refers to land put into the Agricultural Land Preservation Program, most of which is farmland,not forested land.
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