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J.R. 17
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2002 JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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WHEREAS, Although approximately 35% of Maryland's total land' area is
farmland, Maryland's agricultural land is still rapidly disappearing, with an
estimated 18,000 acres of farmland annually being converted to urban, commercial, or
other nonagricultural use; and
WHEREAS, Global economic trends, continuing development pressures, the
encroachment of strip and scattered development in rural areas and nearby cities,
and growing urbanization, threaten the destruction of Maryland's rural environment
and the disappearance of its valuable agricultural land for agricultural purposes; and
WHEREAS, Maryland should not become one large urban development without
any balanced agricultural economy; and
WHEREAS, It is generally essential to Maryland's economic and environmental
stability and growth, and particularly to maintain an agricultural economy in the
State, to preserve large, contiguous areas of prime and productive agricultural land;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
statewide goal is to preserve 1.1 million acres of productive agricultural land triple the
existing number of acres of productive agricultural land preserved by the Maryland
Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, GreenPrint, Rural Legacy, and local
preservation programs by the year 2022; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Services to the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland;
the Honorable Thomas V.Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; the
Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates; the Secretary of
Agriculture; the Secretary of Natural Resources; and the Secretary of Planning.
Signed May 16, 2002.
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Joint Resolution No. 17
(House Joint Resolution No. 22)
A House Joint Resolution concerning
Preservation of Agricultural Land
FOR the purpose of establishing a statewide goal to preserve 1.1 million acres of
agricultural land in Maryland.
WHEREAS, Agricultural land is an exhaustible resource of the State which,
once removed from agriculture, is forever lost for crop and food production, and for
open space uses; and
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