How much land do you have? Who has the most on here?

[MossRoad]

Taxes on my 50 acres are $50 per year...a buck an acre!...who can top that! :laughing:

I can't top it. I could match it if I entered my land into a Classified Wildlife Habitat program, though. Don't want to do that until we build a house, though. If you take it out of the program, you have to pay the back taxes.

 

[beppington]

I could match it if I entered my land into a Classified Wildlife Habitat program, though. Don't want to do that until we build a house, though. If you take it out of the program, you have to pay the back taxes.

Is that the equivalent of putting it into Conservation? That's what it's called in this area. Our County actually pays cash for that. My neighbor with 280 acres got ~$1.95M. I have the actual Conservation Easement Agreement documents covering the entire transaction, so I can see all the details & limitations he now has on his land. What I noted was that every limitation covers something he was never gonna do anyway, because the land is low, just below the flood plain. So, free money.

 

[MossRoad]

Is that the equivalent of putting it into Conservation?

No. The conservation reserve is a different program than the state classified wildlife/classified forest program.

 

[sweettractors]

No. The conservation reserve is a different program than the state classified wildlife/classified forest program.

Are we talking CRP and CREP? The CRP has been around here for years and the CREP is a newer (4-5 years old) program where the Gumment pays you to put your farm into native grasses and they pay you so much per acre, per year for I think it is 10 years or longer. Lots of Farmers in our county took the CREP program. Ken Sweet

 

[beppington]

Are we talking CRP and CREP? The CRP has been around here for years and the CREP is a newer (4-5 years old) program where the Gumment pays you to put your farm into native grasses and they pay you so much per acre, per year for I think it is 10 years or longer.

The $1.95M my neighbor got was to put his into Conservation for good.

The thing is, he still owns the land, can sell it if he wants, & can do all kinds of things, basically all of the same things he's been doing anyway. He's allowed to removes trees as he sees fit; so he could potentially clear-cut. He's allowed to hay. He's got 1 house + pool now, & the Agreement lets him add 2 more houses + pools if he wants. He's allowed to widen his existing dirt driveway ... to whatever width he wants! Hey, he might just decide he needs a 1,000' wide driveway. Are government employees mostly dumb?

 

[MossRoad]

Are we talking CRP and CREP? The CRP has been around here for years and the CREP is a newer (4-5 years old) program where the Gumment pays you to put your farm into native grasses and they pay you so much per acre, per year for I think it is 10 years or longer. Lots of Farmers in our county took the CREP program. Ken Sweet

No. I am talking about Indiana's classified wildlife habitat and classified forest program, not the CRP.

 

[riptides]

The $1.95M my neighbor got was to put his into Conservation for good.

The thing is, he still owns the land, can sell it if he wants, & can do all kinds of things, basically all of the same things he's been doing anyway. He's allowed to removes trees as he sees fit; so he could potentially clear-cut. He's allowed to hay. He's got 1 house + pool now, & the Agreement lets him add 2 more houses + pools if he wants. He's allowed to widen his existing dirt driveway ... to whatever width he wants! Hey, he might just decide he needs a 1,000' wide driveway.

Imagine the cost to the government local and state if it were to be developed. Perhaps your view of thinking on easements should expand.

 

[beppington]

Imagine the cost to the government local and state if it were to be developed. Perhaps your view of thinking on easements should expand.

Whatever costs you're referring to should be covered by taxes levied on the newly developed areas.

 

[dave1949]

Whatever costs you're referring to should be covered by taxes levied on the newly developed areas.

Areas that take that approach get a lot of criticism for it. Sprawl is a complex issue with no easy answers. And darn hard to be 'fair' to existing residents and newcomers at the same time.
Dave.

 

[mjarrels]

I have a spot of sand in the Philippines on the south china sea... Going to see it in Dec after 4 years. Yep, spending about $12.000 and none is in the US. Wonder why the US has a problem!

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