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What Is A Conservation Easement? A conservation easement is a legal means by which a landowner can voluntarily set permanent limitations on the future use of the land, thus protecting the land's natural qualities. Through an easement, the owner conveys to ORLT the right to prevent certain uses of the land in the future or to use it for specific purposes. The attraction of the conservation easement lies in the fact that the land remains in private ownership. The owner may use, sell, lease or convey the land subject to the explicit terms of the easement, because neither the title nor right to possession of the land is given up by the agreement. The responsibilities and rewards of ownership continue, and, the landowner retains full control over public access just as he did before granting the easement. This widely popular method has been used to protect open space, farms, wildlife areas, forests, watersheds, national parks, ocean frontage, and rare places all over the nation. Recent federal tax legislation helps increase the attractiveness of conservation easements to landowners.
ORLT Conservation Easement Projects
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