Event Details

Date

March 12 - March 30, 2019

Time

Two Dates/Times: Thursday, Mar 21st, 7-9 p.m. & Saturday, March 30th, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location

Wyoming County Ag & Business Center
36 Center Street
Warsaw, NY 14569

Host

Wyoming County Cooperative Extension

Joan Petzen
585-786-2251 x 122


Wyoming County Farmland Protection Informational Seminars

March 12 - March 30, 2019


Interested landowners, following the seminars, need to: 
1) meet with GVC's Bojanowski to define their farmland protection project, 
2) obtain a soils inventory from the Wyoming County Soil and Water Conservation District (WCSWCD), and 3) submit a complete pre-application to the Wyoming County Department of Planning and Development (WCDPD) by May 3rd at 3:00pm.

The WCAFPB will accept pre-applications through May 3, 2019 at 3:00pm. Pre-applications can be obtained from the WCDPD, GVC, CCE or WCSWCD either prior to or after the informational seminar, you may contact Dave Bojanowski, Farmland Protection Specialist with GVC, daveb@geneseevalleyconservancy.org, 585-243-2190; Bill Daly, Wyoming County Director of Planning and Economic Development, wdaly@wyomingco.net, 716-450-4744; Joan Petzen, CCE Agriculture Department Program Leader, jsp10@cornell.edu or 585-786-2251; or Allen Fagan, WCSWCD Manager, afagan@frontier.com or 585-786-3675. Collaboration among our local partners, municipalities and farmers will help continue to bring valuable NYS resources to Wyoming County to protect our most valuable farmlands.

*Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by calling 585-786-2251 no later than ten days prior to the event to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests after this date will be met when possible.





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