AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — More than 3,000 acres along the rim of Palo Duro Canyon are to be protected through two conservation easements held by the Texas Agricultural Land Trust.

According to officials with TALT, the first easement covers 1,725 acres with funding from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation's Buffer Lands Incentive Program. Both programs support voluntary conservation efforts near Texas state parks, wildlife management areas and other protected areas.

Officials added that the second easement, totaling 1,323 acres, is expected to close by the end of the year. TALT officials added that Rim Ranch, a property that spans Armstrong and Randall counties, has been in the Owens famil

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