I was motivated to file a M 37 claim because I wanted to develop a building site on a 3 acre parcel of land that is separated from the farm by the realignment of the county road. The County Planning Department advised us that to divide it had to be eighty acres and meet minimum income requirements for three out five years. He said we would have little hope of getting any variance through the permit process. We have many ideas for our land, which are not permitted under present laws or zoning. Included in the application is - Education because we are already involved in outdoor education and wanted to expand on this. RV park because we have two sites that we use for own family reunions and may want to add some more and possibly rent them out someday. Dining because we felt someday we might want to offer meals to the public in our main-house dining room. Retail sales, because we may want to sell something that does not qualify under farm stand laws. Lodging because we may want to provide residences for those working on the property or for tourist rentals. A futuristic dream is to build residential structures that have independent power and water, coupled with independent transportation, such as electric cars. What we were asking for was some way to legally develop our nature reserve into a self sustaining self supporting project that was not reliant upon government subsidies or competing for non-profit grants. Anything we do needs to be compatible and beneficial to a nature reserve, which is in the range of elk.