Also called: Agricultural Land Preservation Coordinator, Ag Easement Program Manager
Runs a county program that pays farmers to give up the right to ever develop their land, keeping farms from turning into subdivisions.
Administrators rank applications from farm families, hire appraisers to value the development rights, and present deals to a preservation board. They negotiate easement terms, close the purchase, then visit preserved farms to check the rules are kept. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and much of New Jersey and Maryland have big programs.
County government pay. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in planning, agriculture, or natural resources.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Urban Planning, Agricultural Economics, Natural Resource Management.
Growing about average. Steady in states with preservation funding (approx.).
Low risk for 10 years. GIS and AI speed farm ranking; trust with farm families and negotiation stay human.
Classes: Agriculture CTE, Economics, Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3051.
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