| Montgomery County, Maryland, near fast growing
Washington, D.C., established its TDR program in 1980.
By the end of fiscal year 1997, the TDR program had
protected 39,180 acres (out of a total sending area of
89,000 acres) under protective easement. Prior to 1980,
the county lost an average of 3,500 acres of farmland
per year to development. In the first decade following
the establishment of the TDR program, the county lost a
total of 3,000 acres to development, a drop of
approximately 92 percent.
The New Jersey
Pinelands, an environmentally unique and sensitive
area of about one million acres, was targeted for
protection through The New Jersey Pinelands Protection
Act of 1979. The Pinelands Commission, the regional
land use authority, established a TDR program in 1980
which had protected 5,300 acres by 1991.1
1. Source:
http://www.1000fom.org/lctools5.htm
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