Saving Land, Spring 1999 (Vol. 18 No. 2)
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5 Making the Case for State Tax Incentives for Private Land Conservation
While federal tax benefits are a key incentive for many landowners who donate land and conservation easements, states are adding tax incentives of their own.
8 Amending Conservation Easements: Legal and Policy Considerations
As lands with conservation easements change hands, land trusts should have policies in place to handle requests for easement amendments.
11 Protecting Land through Conservation Design
Land trusts, planners and developers are showing that even in new residential developments there are opportunities to protecting open lands.
15 Leading the Way: Strengthening Land Trusts through Leadership Training
Leadership training programs improve land trusts’ capacity to save land and make their communities better places.
19 Lessons from a Long Easement Violation Battle
A look at the 10-year legal battle in Pennsylvania that led to the demolition of a house that violated an easement.
3 President’s Column
4 Public Policy Update
22 Law Update
Staying within the Bounds of the Income Tax Code and Public Perception: Private Inurement and Private Benefit
24 LTA Notes
28 Gleanings
© 1999 Land Trust Alliance, Inc. All rights reserved.
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