Caught Holding the Bucket — Navigating a Complex Encroachment Issue
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Third-party encroachments can put land trusts in complicated and expensive enforcement situations. This is especially true when state laws and conservation easement restrictions are violated on land owned by the land trust. Alex Metzger, stewardship director of the Monadnock Conservancy in southwest New Hampshire, discusses the steps taken and lessons learned from successfully resolving a seemingly minor third-party encroachment that evolved into a complicated, multi-year remediation project and a lawsuit.
This event is part of the Land Trust Alliance and Terrafirma's annual risk management webinar series. If your organization is a Terrafirma member and anyone on your staff or board attends this webinar, your organization will receive the Terrafirma risk management discount for the 2026 policy year.
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