Sample for Practice 11E2: Easement Violation Response

This is a sample violation incident report from from the accredited West Wisconsin Land Trust.

A sample policy for responding to easement violations, including a process checklist from the accredited Marin Agricultural Land Trust.

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.

A sample from the accredited Hudson Highlands Land Trust.

This is a sample conservation easement violation policy from the accredited E.L. Rose Conservancy of Susquehanna County.

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 11E: Conservation Easement Enforcement, includes three elements. This 25-minute module covers the first element:

Adopt a written policy and develop written procedures for documenting and responding to potential conservation easement violations

Most land trusts adopt at least three categories of violations: minor, moderate and major. Some land trusts separate technical deficiencies from minor violations and thus have four categories of violations: technical, minor, moderate and major. These brief descriptions show how many land trusts define categories of easement violations. Your land trust should determine which approach best serves your mission, will work for your land trust procedurally and is most acceptable to your landowners and your community.

A sample conservation easement enforcement policy from the accredited Gallatin Valley Land Trust.