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 Do you own land that
you would like to see remain free from development --
for your lifetime and for future generations? Doing nothing to protect it
may doom your land to development.
Land trusts are experts at helping
landowners find ways to protect their land.
What Are Your Options? |
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Donate
a Conservation Easement
A conservation easement is a legal agreement between
you and a land trust or government agency that permanently
protects the land while you continue to own it.
Donating the easement can result in reduced income tax.
2006 Tax Update: In August 2006 Congress passed legislation that increased the benefit for donations of conservation easements. Learn more! |
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Donate
Your Land
Donating land to a land trust is a wonderful
way to share its beauty with future generations. The
donation can even be set up in a way that allows you
to continue to live on the land or to receive a life
income.
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Complete
a Bargain Sale of Land
Selling your land to a land
trust at less than its fair market value can provide
tax benefits to you and make it affordable for the land
trust. |
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Web Resources
The Private Landowners Network faciliates and encourages the conservation endeavors of both private landowners and their trust advisors. More.
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Landowners Speaking About Land Trusts
“This
farm and the land mean everything to us. We don’t
know what we would do if we could not pass this farm down
to our family to continue to care for it. Working with The
Land Trust for Tennessee has given us the confidence to
know that our dreams can be realized for more generations
of Hollands to farm this land.” - Nancy Holland
"We
were both 4-Hers and love open space. We're seeing fields
and open space disappear, and it doesn't have to happen."
- Jeffry Timmons
“We
didn’t
give anything away from which we didn’t receive something
in return, and in so many ways, having this land protected
is like a salve on a burn. We built a dream on that land
and now we can feel that, in essence, that dream will not
ever be disturbed.”
- Ed Mayne
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 Your
Next Step
Contact
a land trust. A land trust can help you arrive at a conservation
plan that makes the most sense for you, and can put you in touch
with attorneys, appraisers, accountants, and land planners familiar
with conservation techniques.
Talk with your own legal and financial
advisors.
Read further
The Land Trust Alliance offers several
publications discussing conservation techniques.
They include Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide, Preserving
Family Lands, Your Land is Your Legacy, and The
Conservation Easement Handbook.
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