Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present, and Future

ISBN-13: 9781559636544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 450 str.

Julie Ann Gustanski; Roderick H. Squires; Jean Hocker

Opis

A conservation easement is a legal agreement between a property owner and a conservation organization, generally a private nonprofit land trust, that restricts the type and amount of development that can be undertaken on that property. Conservation easements are among the fastest growing methods of land preservation in the United States today.

Protecting the Land provides a thoughtful examination of land trusts and how they function, and a comprehensive look at the past and future of conservation easements. It offers a valuable overview of the history and use of conservation easements and the evolution of easement-enabling legislation for professionals and citizens working with local and national land trusts, legal advisors, planners, public officials, natural resource managers, policymakers, and students of planning and conservation.