Conservation Easement Handbook
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This handbook is essential for all who work with easements. This volume includes information on IRS criteria for tax-deductible gifts, negotiation and acquisition, baseline data, monitoring and enforcement, back-up grantees, and model conservation and historic easements.
Please note that the Conservation Easement Handbook was published in 2005. While it still contains valuable information for conservation practitioners, many clauses have been improved since that time and some of the examples included in this book are outdated. Additionally, laws and regulations have changed. For the most up-to-date information, see Practice 9E Conservation Easement Drafting.
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