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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? ■

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? ■

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

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Briefly describe the transaction, especially the conserved land and the landowner. ■

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? ■

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Does your land trust have additional stories to share? ■

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Advocates Alerts

January 12 - Amazing Achievements, but the Easement Incentive Expired and Needs Your Help

Together we achieved some amazing things in 2011! We secured a record 292 easement incentive co-sponsors and averted major cuts in appropriations and the farm bill. But the easement incentive did expire and we need your help to renew it right away. More.

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