Three farms totaling 210 acres were preserved in December, said Caernarvon Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Gary VanDyke.

The Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board provided direction for preserving easements on two of the farms, and the other was financed by the Lancaster Farmland Trust. It was the first time the concept of using transfer development rights was used.

A total of 36 T. D. R.s (transferrable development rights) were derived from the transaction. East Earl and Caernarvon Townships have been working together to formulate a workable way of preserving land by having any new units built closer to already developed areas.