Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at times key road connections — or political connections — trump the ...

In rural communities across the state, landscapes that were once wide and vast are becoming increasingly fragmented — subdivided and sold off by landowners hard-pressed by economic forces largely ...

Now I have a new one to add to my Florida cynic’s hit parade: conservation easements. When state government buys the development rights to land instead of spending money to buy the land itself, it has ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Landowners who to want preserve their agricultural land and prevent future development can consider granting a conservation easement. A conservation easement is the gifting of ...

It's a story you've probably heard: A family owned a cherished vacation retreat, where the kids spent summers and traditions were born. But when the property passed to the children, its value had ...

Some opinion columnists have recently written about conservation easements in a less flattering light. As president and CEO of the North Florida Land Trust, I am delighted to respond and try to set ...

The recent $10,000 fine levied against a Loveland appraiser accused of inflating the value of a conservation easement was a shockingly big penalty. But it’s the kind of message the state needs to send ...

Tony Caligiuri was ready for it to fall apart. Instead, the pandemic gave conservation in Colorado a boost. Soaring land values, spiking prices for water, legislation boosting incentives for ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

Not long ago, a neighbor asked if I knew where our sewer and storm drains are located. He wants to adjust the drainage on his property to drain into the public storm sewer drain, which I knew adjoins ...