Amending Massachusetts Conservation and Preservation Restrictions

Amending Conservation Easements Procedure and Amendment Analysis Outline from the accredited Teton Regional Land Trust.

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An article summarizing Uniform Conservation Easement Act and other laws with respect to conservation easement amendments.

The Land Trust Alliance and Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition are excited to provide a new short-course for Massachusetts land trusts to learn how to build a strategic fundraising program.

This is the amicus brief filed by the Massachusetts Coalition of Land Trusts and the Land Trust Alliance.

This is the amicus brief filed by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions and the Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts.

This is an amicus brief filed by the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers.

The Chases filed suit, challenging the subdivisions and sales of the land, as well as the amendment, claiming violations of both Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution. Standing denied.

The Land Court held that the deed restriction was not a statutory conservation restriction but the neighbor did have standing to enforce the restriction under Massachusetts statutory and case law governing conventional (i.e., non-conversation or preservation) easements and restrictions.

This report, originally published in 2007 and updated in 2017, reveals the complexity and range of perspectives in easement amendment decisions.