Condemnation
No one-size-fits-all response is appropriate for condemnation threats to conserved land. Land trusts have a variety of possible strategies to help anticipate, mitigate or minimize these threats to preserves or conservation easements.
How to respond strategically to condemnation threats.
Condemnation, also known as “eminent domain,” is the means used by a government or a government-authorized private entity, such as a utility corporation, to appropriate property for a public purpose without the owner’s consent.
Condemnation is a complex issue, especially when it involves conservation easements, and land trusts need to understand their rights and responsibilities in such a situation. Here you will find resources to help you learn to anticipate and possibly avoid condemnation or manage a current action, so you can achieve the best possible results for your land trust and the conservation values you seek to protect.
Safeguarding conservation
Relevant Standards & Practices
This topic relates to the following components of Land Trust Standards and Practices: