Conservation easement book published.

In "Reinventing Conservation Easements: A Critical" Examination and Ideas for Reform," author Jeff Pidot asks the questions, "Are the increasing numbers of unsupervised land trusts and conservation easements throughout the nation good for our (and their) future? What kinds of reforms should be considered to create a greater level of confidence in this popular conservation instrument?" This policy report addresses timely issues relating to land use and property taxation. While this report advances the view that such reforms are needed, it is intended to stimulate critical thinking and provide an array of perspectives rather than to dictate particular solutions. The underlying premise is that conservation easements should be evaluated and governed in the context of conservation-easement time, which is not the present but the long-term future. Otherwise, we may simply leave to future generations a legal chaos involving many thousands of conservation easements whose terms, holders and locations may be difficult to determine, and whose public benefits ultimately could be lost.

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