Acquire a Conservation Easement of the 1310-Acre Trappist Abbey PropertyCX(s) Applied: B1.25Date: 10/04/2010Location(s): Yamhill County, OregonOffice(s): Bonneville Power Administration
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October 4, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B1.25
Date: 10/04/2010
Location(s): Yamhill County, Oregon
Office(s): Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to acquire a conservation easement of the 1310-acre Trappist Abbey property. BPA will be granted a perpetual conservation easement over the entire property. The Trappist Abbey tract being considered for purchase is located near Lafayette, Oregon and is currently a working forest (1,025 acres) consisting of native conifer woodlands, upland prairie, oak savanna, oak woodlands, grasslands and wet prairies, an area of agricultural use designated as ?Farmland? (247 acres), and an area of agricultural use that shall change to working forest after the farming lease expires in September, 2010?designated as ?Transition Zone? (38 acres).