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Laws

King County, WA: Local TDR Enabling Ordinance (King County, Wa., County Code tit. 21A, ch. 37, §§ 010-170 (2011).)

Washington Right to Farm Enabling Statute (Wash. Rev. Code §§ 7.48.300 to 7.48.320 (2005).)

Thurston County, WA: Local TDR Enabling Ordinances (Thurston County, Wa., County Code §§ 20.62.010 to 20.62.070 (1997).)

Statistics
Farms	39,284
Land in farms (acres)	14,972,789
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)	6,792,856
Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)	356,000
Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

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Glossary of NRI-related terms

Legislative Updates

Washington Senate Bill 6082 (2012)

Washington Senate Bill 5343 (2012)

Washington Senate Bill 6559 (2010)

Sample Documents

Snohomish County, WA: Model Easement

Whatcom County, WA: PACE Application Form

Whatcom County, WA: PACE Ranking Criteria

Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

Losing Ground: Farmland Protection in the Puget Sound Region

Conservation Markets for Agriculture: Issue and Discussion Paper

WSDA Future of Farming Project: Status of Existing Programs for Protecting Agricultural Land in Washington

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