Principles Underlying Easement Drafting

Public trust is essential to maintaining a healthy sector as we work to achieve a nation where all can thrive. The Principles outline 33 sound practices every charitable organization should consider to strengthen effectiveness and accountability.

A sample conservation plan from the accredited Maine Coast Heritage Trust to help guide the negotiator of a conservation easement through initial conservation planning discussions with easement grantors.

This is a conservation easement drafting template from the accredited Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

This document includes basic concepts of conservation easements that may help a landowner design the restrictions on the property under the conservation easement, and the rights they would like to retain under the conservation easement. It is a tool to help facilitate the education of landowners.

This guidance covers Practice 9E: Conservation Easement Drafting.

Negotiating easement terms with a landowner attorney who is not experienced in conservation law can be a challenge. The pointer provides a sampling of easement language to orient attorneys for landowners on the variety of easement provisions which are non-negotiable. Share it with landowners and their attorneys for smoother easement negotiations.

Mindfulness can help you develop better relationships and become a more effective leader. Here are three tools to help you get started.

Sound conservation easement drafting ensures perpetual protection of the stated conservation purposes of protected land. This pointer addresses drafting future conservation easements assuming increases in impacts from such changes.

Is your organization looking to utilize the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Agricultural Land Easements program? This toolkit includes land trust success stories using the ACEP-ALE program, step-by-step guidance for your application and an acronym guide and glossary.

When you begin to think of yourself as a successful leader, you realize that there are more demands on your time than you can possibly fill. The solution to this challenge is developing a process of effective delegation. However, delegation is an important tool that many leaders hesitate to use.