The Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act is one of the Land Trust Alliance’s top priorities. It addresses an urgent problem for our community. And the newly introduced version in the U.S. House of Representatives is worthy of your support.

I wanted you to be among the first to know: The U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced today a probe of conservation tax benefit abuse.

Land conservation tax incentives should inspire charitable giving, not loopholes.

On behalf of the Land Trust Alliance and our 1,000 members, I'm pleased to applaud the U.S. Senate's early reintroduction of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act.

The Land Trust Alliance has long held that amendment clauses in conservation easements serve to strengthen easements and improve their enforceability.

I come to you today with three major updates on items of great consequence to the Land Trust Alliance and the land conservation community.

The elections are over and Congress has returned to Washington, D.C. with a lot on their plates and a short window of opportunity to get it done. Welcome to the 2018 congressional lame duck session!

The proposed State and Local Tax deduction rule change is "too sweeping" and works "quite contrary to the intent of Congress."

Federal rule makers are considering significant reductions to deductions available to people who donate to charitable organizations and then receive state or local tax credits. This includes the donation of conservation easements and even land.