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  2. Land trust - Wikipedia

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    The Alliance performs a National Land Trust Census that keeps track of the land protected by local and regional land trusts. [10] The last [ when? ] Census, conducted in 2003, reported that these trusts have protected almost 9.4 million acres (38,000 km 2 ) of land in the United States , double the 4.7 million acres (19,000 km 2 ) recorded in ...

  3. History of agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the Williamson Act became law, providing property tax relief to owners of California farmland and open-space land in exchange for agreement that the land will not be developed. The 1960s and 1970s saw major farm worker strikes including the 1965 Delano grape strike and the 1970 Salad Bowl strike.

  4. United States trust law - Wikipedia

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    The UTC attempts to standardize the general composition of both trust forms and their requirements, but does not generally attempt to address the procedural questions as to overall subject-matter jurisdiction and other aspects of proceedings involving trusts. [10] Instead, the vagarities of various state and local procedural rules will ...

  5. Williamson Act - Wikipedia

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    The Williamson Act of the US state of California (officially, the California Land Conservation Act of 1965) is a California law which provides relief of property tax to owners of farmland and open-space land in exchange for a ten-year agreement that the land will not be developed or otherwise converted to another use. The motivation for the ...

  6. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the Williamson Act became law, providing property tax relief to owners of California farmland and open-space land in exchange for agreement that the land will not be developed. The 1960s and 1970s saw major farm worker strikes including the 1965 Delano grape strike and the 1970 Salad Bowl strike .

  7. Category:Land trusts in California - Wikipedia

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  8. Aboriginal title in California - Wikipedia

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    On March 3, 1851, Congress enacted the California Land Act of 1851, sometimes known as the Land Claims Act, requiring "each and every person claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived by the Mexican government" to file their claim with a three-member Public Land Commission within two years. [17]

  9. Farmland preservation - Wikipedia

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    The Genesee Valley Conservancy is a public land trust [2] in western New York. The land-trust includes some 32,787 acres along the Genesee watershed. [5] The scope of the project is to protect habitats, open spaces, and farmland. In order to protect the land in the valley, they hope to add a nature preserve and expand upon existing ones.