Sentences with phrase «conservation easements do»

«Conservation easements don't usually involve granting physical access to a property as do other easements,» Blaesser said, but rather exist for some sort of public benefit.

Selling conservation easements does not, however, mean that the land must be farmed, and that can be a problem for programs intent on keeping farmland productive.

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Yet many syndicated conservation easements largely represent tax shelters whereby investors who don't care about the property are just buying an income tax deduction with inflated appraisals, Small said.

«If we really want to spend several billion per year purchasing conservation easements on property, then we should go and just do that,» Looney said.