{"id":11066,"date":"2026-06-10T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:13:59","slug":"mediation-director-bob-holbert-attended-the-north-carolina-agland-protection-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/blog\/2026\/06\/10\/mediation-director-bob-holbert-attended-the-north-carolina-agland-protection-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediation Director, Bob Holbert attended the North Carolina Agland Protection Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mediation Director, Bob Holbert attended the North Carolina Agland Protection Roundtable sponsored by the American Farmland Trust (AFT). Leslie Vanden Herik SE Area Senior Program Manager for AFT presided over the meeting. The event was held on June 9, 2026, virtually. The three speakers were Gavin Thompson \u2013 Easement Specialist with NRCS in North Carolina, Emily Callicutt \u2013 Three Rivers Land Trust, and Celeste Burns \u2013 Durham County Open Space and Farmland Preservation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The speakers reviewed:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Eligibility Process<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Application Process<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Easements\u00a0Monitoring<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The three components of eligibility were listed as:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. The Entity who will manage the easement (Land Trust)<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. The Land Itself<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. The Landowner.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To be\u00a0eligible,\u00a0the landowner must engage with a Land Trust who will manage the easement.\u00a0\u00a0Also to be\u00a0eligible\u00a0the land itself must be either:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Prime, Unique, or Other Productive Soil<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Eligible Grazing land<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Land with Historical Significance\u00a0or\u00a0Geological Resources<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Contiguous to\u00a0previous\u00a0conservations\u00a0easement<\/span><\/li>\n
      5. Containing\u00a0railroads<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        And\u00a0finally,\u00a0the eligibility\u00a0of the landowner must be\u00a0determined.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

        The speakers reviewed the forms for determining eligibility and applying for funding. Participants were cautioned to talk to the landowners about working with a Federal Agency, that an easement is a permanent restriction, and that at least 50% of the land enrolled must be prime or unique soils.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Mediation Director, Bob Holbert attended the North Carolina Agland Protection Roundtable sponsored by the American Farmland Trust (AFT). Leslie Vanden Herik SE Area Senior Program Manager for AFT presided over the meeting. The event was held on June 9, 2026, virtually. The three speakers were Gavin Thompson \u2013 Easement Specialist with NRCS in North Carolina, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3421,"featured_media":11038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nc-agriculture-mediation","category-ncamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11067,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066\/revisions\/11067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/agriculturalmediation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}