ACEP-ALE 101 Training

The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) program helps conserve land in perpetuity and is in high demand. If your land trust is interested in participating in the ACEP-ALE program or looking to expand your ALE work, this training is for you.

Is your organization looking to utilize the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements Program? This toolkit includes land trust success stories using the ACEP-ALE program, step-by-step guidance for your application and an acronym guide and glossary.

This 90-minute session reviews the ACEP-ALE Program Agreement and Parcel Contracting documents that were published in NRCS guidance in April 2020.

During this virtual session, you’ll meet fellow Western land trusts who have participated in the program, hear from NRCS staff about the basics of how to apply and learn about Alliance resources to help you navigate the ACEP-ALE program.

Across our nation, we are seeing success in implementing Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements Program funding to conserve our farmland and ranchland for future generations. The following case study shows how ALE programming has helped conservation of Camp Williams in Utah.

American Farmland Trust and Land Trust Alliance held an informational webinar about the recently-released Interim Rule for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements component.

Across our nation, we are seeing success in implementing Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements Program funding to conserve our farmland and ranchland for future generations. The following case study shows how ALE programming has helped conservation of Four Winns Ranch in Texas.

Join national ACEP-ALE program manager, Matt Oliver, for an overview of ACEP-ALE entity certification, what it is, how partners can apply and how to best leverage this tool to conserve more working lands. Matt will be joined by certified Western land trusts to share insights about the program.

Across our nation, we are seeing success in implementing Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements Program funding to conserve our farmland and ranchland for future generations. The following case study shows how ALE programming has helped conservation of Bowditch Bottoms in North Carolina.