How government spending bill may help prevent abuse of federal tax incentives for land conservation

“This is a great victory for conservation,” said Lori Faeth, senior director of government relations at the Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization that has advocated for the bill since it was first introduced. The bill will halt the abuse of the conservation easements going forward because it takes away the ability for participants in abusive syndicated transactions to even file for a deduction, she said.