SILVER SPRING TWP., CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. -- A piece of preserved farmland in Cumberland County is n the spotlight once again; Legislation recently passed through the Pennsylvania House - a bill, if signed into law, that would make it more difficult for the land to be seized through eminent domain.
The McCormick Farm in Silver Spring Township is up for sale, but should it be developed?
On one side, some people say no because the land is currently preserved under a Natural Lands Conservation Easement.
“We were entrusted with the conservation easement on that property by the McCormick family in the 1980's, and part of our responsibility is to enforce those restrictions and uphold the conservation easement, and that's a responsibility we take very seriously," said Oliver Bass, a Vice President of Communications with Natural Lands.