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Tax Incentive Success Story

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Has the newly expanded federal tax incentive for donating conservation easements influenced landowners to donate an easement to your land?

How has the incentive affected your land trust and its work? (Required)

Enter amounts and types of new acres conserved; outreach to landowners, new constituents and/or general public to increase land conservation

How could your land trust and your community benefit if the incentive was made permanent? (Required)

Do you have any examples from the past of how the incentive could have helped protect land that is now lost?

Name and location of the conserved land: (Required)

Briefly describe the transaction, especially the conserved land and the landowner. (Required)

Include the public benefit(s), key transaction information (e.g. donation or bargain sale; closing date), importance to your conservation priorities, and the landowner (e.g. farmer or rancher; other)

What does the landowner have to say about their land, the transaction, the incentive and your land trust? What motivated their decision?

We may need to speak to you and the landowner for more information. If appropriate, please provide the landowner's name, phone, and email.

I prefer to be a liaison with this landowner, please have someone contact me.

Has this success story been covered by your local media?

If so, please submit link and indicate media, article name, and date published.

Has your congressional delegation been told of this transaction? (Required)

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Does your land trust have additional stories to share? (Required)

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August 24: Final Listening Sessions Announced, Host Your Own, Vote Online

After two dozen listening sessions and a quarter million IdeaJam votes, this public input phase of the America's Great Outdoors Initiative is coming to a close in just a few weeks. We need a strong finish to ensure that land trust ideas like the enhanced easement incentive and improvements to federal programs are included.

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