MALT secures funding for Duncan Ranch Easement

Matt Dolkas - MALT

By Matt Dolkas, Senior Manager, Marketing

September 29, 2022

Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), a leading farmland trust in California’s Marin County, announced today that it has secured public funding from Marin County to cover half the cost of an agricultural conservation easement to permanently protect the scenic 540-acre Duncan Ranch and its long history of beef and dairy cattle grazing. 

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