Town of Bethlehem Announces New Farms & Forests Fund

The Farms & Forests Fund is an option under the Town’s larger Farms and Forests Conservation Program. Landowner applications for this program are accepted on an ongoing basis throughout the year. Interested landowners with 5 acres or more of farmland or open space can apply anytime by completing the Town’s Conservation Project Landowner Application.  This program pays farmers and open space landowners to help keep their land in farmland, forest, and open space forever.

Learn more by visiting the Open Space Planning section on the Town website, or view the brochure.

The application is available online, or it can be picked up at Town Hall at the information display table on the first floor and at the second floor Planning Department office.

The fund can also accept charitable contributions.  All charitable donations to the Farms and Forests Fund are tax deductible under section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Click for the donation form.