Conservation Defense News

Are You Feeling Gas Pains?
October 24, 2012 | Washington, D.C.

Terrafirma About to Take Flight
September 19, 2012 | Washington, D.C.

IRS and Tax Court Overturned Again
August 22, 2012 | Washington. D.C.

Timber Trespass Resolved in Five Months without Litigation
July 15, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Landowner Jailed for Easement Violation
June 15, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Three Recent Tax Court Cases Affect How Land Trusts Operate
April 13, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Update on Charitable Transfer Fees and Call to Action
April 7, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

New Act May Require More Reporting
February 16, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Felony Conviction for Easement Violators
February 16, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Making a Great Impression
January 19, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

How to Be a Recordkeeping Super Hero
December 15, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Land Trust Review of Defense Insurance Structure
December 15, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Western Pioneers Forge Path for Collective Defense
November 17, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Trustees Win Lawsuit Brought by Neighbor
November 17, 2010 | Trustees of Reservations, | Massachusetts

Alliance Board Votes to Raise Four Million in Capital
October 20, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Fannie and Freddie Propose Ban on Charitable Transfer Fees
October 20, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Wisconsin Land Trust Prevails Over 50-Year-Old Encroachment
August 11, 2010 | Wisconsin

Tax Court Denies Deduction Over Mortgage Subordination and Proceeds Clause
September 27, 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts

Safety Net for Land Trusts
May 12, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

And this Case Winner is...Rockburn Land Trust
May 12, 2010 | Maryland

Insurance Pooling Provides Solution to Legal Challenges
April 14, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Landowner's Economic Woes Lead to Major Legal Challenge for Land Trust
April 14, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Salzburg v. Dowd Settlement Upholds Easement's Permanence
2010 | Wyoming

Public Land Threatened: Christmas Mountains Ranch
2010 | Texas

State Supreme Court Upholds Conservation Easement
2010 | Pennsylvania

Federal Court Upholds Land Trust Refusal to Sign Questionable Form 8283
2010 | California

$300,000 Spent to Defend Easement in California
2010 | California

Michigan Land Trust Defeats Efforts to Terminate Conservation Easement
2010 | Michigan

Bruzewicz Case Denies an Easement Deduction for Lack of a Substantiation Letter
March 2009 | Illinois

Land Trust Struggles to Preserve Colonial Site from College Developer
March 2009 | Baltimore, Maryland

Sonoma Land Trust Successfully Defends Easement
July 9, 2010 | California

2008 Conservation Defense Follow-Up Reports
July 9, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Brandywine Conservancy Initiates National Coalition on Energy Policy
September 27, 2010 | Pennsylvania

Massachusetts Groups Use Innovative Overlays to Ensure Permanence
December 2008 | Massachusetts

Virginia Commission Approves High-Voltage Transmission Line
October 7, 2008 | Virginia

Conservation Defense Advisory Council
July 9, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Wyoming Attorney General Files Suit Against Johnson County in Hicks v. Dowd Conservation Easement Termination Case
August 2008 | Wyoming

Vermont Supreme Court Sets Precedent
Vermont

Contemporaneous Substantiation Letters Required
July 2008 | Washington, D.C.

Vermont Land Trust Prevails in Negligence Claim
July 16, 2008 | Vermont

Federal Indictment for Violation of NRCS Easement
July 9, 2010 | Wisconsin

Innovative and Compassionate Solution to Trespass Problem
June 11, 2008 | Oregon

Mineral and Gas Exploration: Conservation at Risk?
September 27, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Utility Corridors Threaten Extraordinary Public Land
February 2008 | Delaware, Pennsylvania

Maine Attorney General Intervenes in Conservation Easement Case
March 7, 2008 | Maine

New York Land Trust Wins $600,000 Lawsuit
February 29, 2008 | Wales, New York

State, landowners negotiate in easement suit
September 25, 2009 | Wyoming

Kiva Dunes wins tax break ruling
July 19, 2009 | Alabama

Ruling puts value on land contribution
May 12, 2009 | Colorado

Twelve Stories High and Four 747's Wide:  Proposed Gash in Mountain for Connector
July 10, 2010 | Georgia

Whitehouse Hotels Tax Court Decision Vacated and Remanded
August 17, 2010 | Louisiana