The U.S. Department of Agriculture today awarded $220 million as part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program for projects that will improve water quality, protect working farms and forestlands and restore wildlife habitat.
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Photo courtesy of Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
Registration for the fifth annual Land Trust Alliance Advocacy Days is now open! This event represents a prime opportunity for hands-on advocacy training, lobby visits with your elected officials in Washington, D.C., and more!
Larry Frimerman, one of the Alliance’s newest ambassadors, is no stranger to advocacy. Throughout his career, he’s advocated for conservation and farmland preservation across Ohio.
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Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David Daniels, left, stands with Larry Frimerman, a longtime advocate of land conservation/Photo courtesy of Frimerman
The recent budget deal negotiated by Congressional leaders is an encouraging development for the expired incentive for easement donations, even though it does not directly address it.
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Two presidential contenders — one Republican and one Democrat — are the newest sponsors of federal legislation to make permanent an enhanced incentive for conservation easement donations.
U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana are now among the 33 senators sponsoring the Conservation Easement Incentive Act.
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, center, took a stand for land during a land trust event in New York State.
