Here’s why a Utah county is paying public money to private landowners

Through buying development rights, Cache County hopes to preserve its open space. The land, however, often remains private.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cache Valley from U.S. Highway 89, at the mouth of Sardine Canyon. Cache County is working to preserve its open space, in part through paying private landowners for their development rights.

Here’s why a Utah county is paying public money to private landowners

Through buying development rights, Cache County hopes to preserve its open space. The land, however, often remains private.

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