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• Rural Landowners Cautioned On Conservation Easements.
• , January 6, 2002 – Rural landowners should carefully evaluate the merits of granting conservation easements to their property because of the potentially far-reaching implications of such agreements, according to speakers at an American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting conference.
• Steven Bick, principal consultant for Northeast Forests, LLC, warned that reliable information about conservation easements can be difficult to locate. He also noted that agreements creating easements could impose unexpectedly negative consequences on the private property owner.
• He challenged his audience to consider the value of conservation easements for their respective farm operations. ...
• Jefferson Edgens, a professor at Jackson State University, asserted that conservation easements granted to private organizations are superior to those offered to governmental agencies.
• He said that conservation easements granted to public agencies have generally led to bad public policy. ...
• "Agricultural organizations can manage the easements. ...

• Port Angeles: StreamFest focuses on conservation easements.
• People can learn about land conservation easements and local habitat along a quarter-mile stretch of Ennis Creek.
• StreamFest is sponsored by North Olympic Land Trust and aimed at educating people about preserving their land through conservation easements.

• Conservation easements face scrutiny.
• Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service will be auditing easements this tax year after Congress raised questions about the practice last year.
• The department recently completed an audit of 51 conservation easements, a total of 32,000 acres, donated over a three-year period. ...
• And Maybank believes the problem is increasing, citing a growing number of sham nonprofits set up by developers to accept easements. ...
• A North Carolina company on its Web site urges golf courses to secure easements on their fairways, which Ann Jennings with South Carolina’s Congaree Land Trust said is an example of an easement that does not conserve land for the public.
• Supporters note that easements help protect streams, forests and wetlands, while another use allows families to reduce estate taxes and keep large parcels of land within a family — though development will be limited.
• Conservation easements were first approved by Congress in 1980 as a way to encourage preservation of environmentally important land.
• Those deductions can add up, and experts said conservation easements are becoming more popular as people become more familiar with the law.
• “The easement business is booming,” said Ken Driggers, who helps write conservation easements. ...
• “Ninety-nine and nine-tenths of all easements are good conservation projects and above-board,” he said.
• Mungo has donated other easements in Richland and Lexington counties, including a parcel at Broad River Road and Hopeville Church Road that includes several creeks.
• Jennings said the government should study the program as easements become more popular.

• What are my responsibilities regarding utility easements on my property?.
• You, as a property owner, must guarantee access to any easements located on your property. The graphic below shows typical frontyard and backyard easements. ...

• These workshops will cover the use of conservation easements as well as tax incentives, programs, laws, regulations, and assistance that provide opportunities for agencies, non-profit organizations, landowners and others to preserve land. ...
• Monitoring, Stewardship, and Funding of Conservation Easements.
• Appraisal of Conservation Easements.
• Landowner's Perspectives on Conservation Easements - Presentation.
• Tax and Estate Planning Aspects of Conservation Easements.
• Conservation Easements and Ethics .

• The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has issued a report recommending changes to the tax code that, if adopted, would largely dismantle the federal tax incentives for agricultural and other easements. ...
• An AFT assessment of the cost to acquire agricultural conservation easements in Caledonia is helping the town's elected officials assess whether to create a local purchase of development rights (PDR) program.

• Founded in 1980 by a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists to preserve farmland in Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural conservation easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners. ...

• VLT's Conservation Stewardship office is responsible for the long-term monitoring of easements to ensure that the conservation goals are upheld in perpetuity.

• Conservation Easements.
• The Open Space Council has a broad initiative to improve the use and management of conservation easements. ...
• "Ensuring the Promise of Conservation Easements" Report (PDF).

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• In order for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation Board Members to have sufficient time to review proposed easements, easement proposals must be finalized well in advance of VOF Board Meetings. ...
• Deadlines for Draft Easements,.
• In 2004, the people of the Piedmont set a record by protecting 23,790 acres of open space through the use of conservation easements. ...
• All About Conservation Easements.

• Easements.
• Within the District, there also are 314 wetland easements protecting 19,046 acres of wetland habitat, four Farmers Home Administration easements, and one easement Refuge (Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge). ...

• Grantee is a tax exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, is authorized by the laws of the State of Georgia to accept, hold and administer conservation easements, possesses the authority to accept and is willing to accept this Conservation Easement under the terms and conditions hereinafter described, and is a "qualified organization" and an "eligible donee" within the meaning of Section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations promulgated thereunder; .
• This Easement is transferable, but Grantee may assign its rights and obligations under this Easement only to an organization that is a qualified organization at the time of transfer under Section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision then applicable), and authorized to acquire and hold conservation easements under Georgia=s Uniform Conservation Easement Act (or any successor provision then applicable) or the laws of the United States. ...

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