Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Fall 1999 (Vol. 18 No. 4)

Posted 1999
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5 Great Easements, Great Expectations: The Challenges and Rewards of Stewarding Large-Scale Conservation Easements

After the headlines fade about record-sized easements spanning tens of thousands of acres, the mamouth job of monitoring remains.

8 Understanding the IRC 2031(c) Estate Tax Provisions

How the recent estate tax law on conservation easement donations works in different situations.

13 Developing Consensus on Conservation Easements on Managed Forestlands

Land trusts work to find common ground on drafting easements for working forests.

16 The Maryland Experience: Private Local Land Trusts Co-Holding Conservation Easements with a Public Agency

When two or more organizations share ownership of a conservation easement, they forge a partnership in perpetuity.

3 President’s Column

4 Public Policy Update

22 Ask an Expert

Organizational Development Consultant Marc Smiley answers readers’ questions about organizational management and board relations.

24 Law Update

Corporate taxes and conservation deals.

26 LTA News

A report from the National Land Trust Rally ‘99 in Snowmass, CO, and updates from LTA’s regional programs.

33 Gleanings

36 On the Bookshelf/Date Book/People on the Move

37 Tips & Talk

Ideas and news from and for land trusts