The Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Agricultural Preservation Board oversees Ingham County's Farmland Preservation Program and upon the approval of the Board of Commissioners is responsible for: establishing selection criteria for the ranking applications to the program; establishment of a points-based appraisal formula for determining the value of the agricultural conservation easements; reviewing and providing oversight in scoring application; ranking the top scoring applications and making recommendations to the Board; approving restrictions and permitted uses under the agricultural conservation easement; establishing the price to be offered to the property owner; establishing monitoring procedures and overseeing subsequent monitoring to ensure compliance with the agricultural conservation easement.
Stacy Byers
Agricultural Preservation Board
121 E. Maple, Mason, MI 48854
(517) 244-7197