How successful are the PDR programs in Carroll County, MD and Lancaster County, PA?
Carroll County adopted its Master Plan (Wisconsin calls this a comprehensive plan) in 1973. The type of zoning required for PDR to be successful was adopted in 1978, placing 188,000 acres in the Agriculture District. Since being formed in 1979, the Agricultural Land Preservation Program has spent $95 million ($55m county, $39m state, $1m federal) to preserve 50,000 acres. Lancaster County, which is the most successful county in the United States, has preserved over 70,000 acres at a cost of $149 million ($75m county, $72m state, $2m federal).
