Sample for Practice 8B: Easement Evaluation Worksheet

This is a sample of Easement Project Site Evaluation Guidelines and a Site Evaluation Worksheet from the accredited Marin Agricultural Land Trust.

This project selection criteria form from the accredited Montezuma Land Conservancy includes checklists to assess a property's goals, purposes, public benefit, feasibility and other factors.

This guidance covers Practice 8C: Project Evaluation.

This site visit worksheet from the accredited Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust describes the conservation values, existing elements and future considerations for a particular property.

This is a sample policy for working with consultants and obtaining bids, including selection criteria, RFP and award process from Orient Land Trust.

This is a template for creating selection criteria for conservation easements, created by the Land Trust Alliance.

There is work to be done in implementing the plan, so creating a simple checklist of implementation items, including identifying those responsible for each item and establishing a timeline for completion, is a final step that brings accountability to the process.

This article discusses developments since the publication of The Challenge and corrects misunderstandings asserted in Ann Taylor Schwing's Perpetuity Is Forever, Almost Always: Why It Is Wrong To Promote Amendment and Termination of Perpetual Conservation Easements ('The Response').

This is a sample property evaluation form from the Land Trust Alliance.

This is a sample operating plan worksheet from the accredited Marin Agricultural Land Trust.