Success in the Mid-Atlantic

Delaware

• Brandywine Conservancy Presents Award to Senator Thomas Carper
  October 30, 2008 | Brandywine Conservancy

Maryland

• An option that preserves land, saves money
  November 1, 2009 | Baltimore Sun
  
• Maryland Public Works Approves Preservation of Acreage in Anne Arundel County
  July 6, 2009 | The Outdoor Wire
• Landowners and Local Company Co-Owners Protect Farm
  Spring/Summer 2009 | Maryland Environmental Trust
• 234 Acres Saved!
  December 2008 | Maryland Environmental Trust
  
• Small lot preservation saves nearly 50 acres
  March 17, 2008 | Baltimore Examiner
• Maryland Landowners Donate Nearly 5,000 Acres Of Conservation Easements In 2007
  January 10, 2008 | Maryland Department of Natural Resources

New Jersey

• Keep conservation incentives in the Farm Bill
  April 18, 2008 | New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• Sisters preserve 71 acres in Bethlehem Township in memory of parents
  March 30, 2009 | MyCentralJersey.com

Pennsylvania

• Donating conservation easements helps ensure preservation
  September 22, 2008 | Pittsburgh Tribune Review
  
• Conservation Easement
  May 12, 2009 | The Phoenix
• Conservation easement tax break ends soon
  May 11, 2009 | The Mercury
• Economy bolstering open space
  March 10, 2009 | The Intelligencer
• Conservancy Honors Pitts
  October 29, 2008 | The Kennett Paper

• Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves 300th Farm!
  September 10, 2008 | Lancaster Farmland Trust

• Rush to Easement
  January 10, 2008 | The Intelligencer

• Promoting open space and land conservation
  By Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) | September 27, 2007 | The Hill
• Conservation Easements Crucial to Land Conservation
  June 9, 2008 | Commentary by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)
• Lebanon Valley Conservancy parties for preservation
  November 22, 2009 | Lebanon Daily News
  
• New Easements in Susquehanna County & Farm Bill Extends Conservation Tax Incentive
  Spring 2008 | Country Views
  
  

Virginia

• Conservation Easements Protect Open Land
  April 26, 2009 | Richmond Times Dispatch
• This Land Will Live Forever
  February 9, 2009 | Culpeper Star-Exponent
• Gyory Property Receives Easement
  November 23, 2009 | Culpeper Star-Exponent
  
• 540 Acres of Mid-18th Century Farmland Protected
  March 2009 | Landscope.org
• Expert: Conservation easements protect land, offer tax incentives
  February 17, 2009 | Northern Virginia Daily
• 2,474 O.C. Acres Conserved
  February 12, 2009 | Orange County Review
• A Heritage of Loving the Land Saves Stewart Farms
  Fall 2008 | New River Land Trust
• New easements will preserve 677 acres in Bedford County
  January 1, 2009 | The Roanoke Times

West Virginia

• Land trusts: Good for state
  June 15, 2008 | The Charleston Gazette
• Laws of the land Recent legislation makes conservation easier
  June 3, 2008 | The Charleston Gazette
• A Swath of Undisturbed Forest
  Fall 2006 | Potomac Conservancy
  

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