@article{Economic:330001,
      recid = {330001},
      author = {Economic Research Service  and Forest Service and Soil  Conservation Service},
      title = {The Role of Agriculture and Forest Land in the Long Island  Sound Area:  A USDA Planning Aid},
      address = {1974-04},
      number = {1962-2023-060},
      pages = {152},
      year = {1974},
      note = {This report is designed as a planning aid, and the  guidelines that follow were prepared by the Economic  Research Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and the  Forest Service under the general chairmanship of the New  England River Basins Commission.  The authority for U. S.  Department of Agriculture participation in the Long Island  Sound Study is contained in Section 6, Public Law 566,  83rd. Congress, as amended.},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  In terms of physical area there  are over 3,486 square miles or approximately 2.23 million  acres of land in the seven counties of the Long Island  Sound Study area. [The Study Area is 1,208,719 acres.] The  Census of Agriculture shows that there were approximately  251,000 acres classified as farmland in 1969, or only 12  percent of the total land area.  The remainder consists of  urban places, public lands, and other private holdings not  classified as farms.  About 50 percent of the land area or  one-half million acres is forest land.  The Long Island  Sound Regional Study is a comprehensive study of land,  water and related resources of Long Island Sound and  portions of Connecticut and New York.  It is a  multi-disciplinary effort of state and federal agencies  with the goal of outlining a program for the orderly land  and water resource development in the area.  A specific set  of issues within this broader perspective deals with land  use changes and improvements in the planning process.  Many  demands are being made upon the land, some conflicting,  some complementary.  In an expanding urbanized area such as  the Long Island Sound region, land in cropland and forests  is often classified as undeveloped and assumed to be  available for other uses.  It is the intent of this report  to point out how the continuance of these land uses  contributes to the area.  Reasons for deferring  urbanization of rural lands include preservation for crop  and forestry production, wildlife habitat, environmental  enhancement through landscape variety, erosion control,  water storage, buffer zones, and recreation experiences.  A  fundamental reason for such deferred development is to keep  one's options open, so that irrevocable land use decisions  are not made without considering the implications.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/330001},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.330001},
}