Sentences with phrase «through conservation easements»

Scenic Hudson and its partners are working with willing landowners to conserve the Hudson River Valley's unique landscapes through conservation easements and land purchases to maximize public benefits.

The purchase adds to the 122 acres previously protected on Mount Merino through conservation easements by the Columbia Land Conservancy.

Last year, Baggett worked with the land trust to protect a 4,461 - acre ranch in Napa County through a conservation easement.

Walt's Dairy's farmers were paid a portion of their land's value to ensure its permanent protection through the conservation easement.

Not exact matches

Most prominent among the renegade land - trust leaders: Robert Keller, a brash conservation biologist in Georgia who has built an empire through syndicated easements.

The grants are funded through the Farmland Protection Implementation Grant program, and the projects will support the preservation of farmland for agricultural use and protect it from degradation through the use of perpetual conservation easements.

Through the leadership of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper along with other environmental organizations, ownership of the wetland was transferred to the Town of West Seneca with a conservation easement to preserve the wetland and protect it from future development.

He is involved as a funder and advisor to many local environmental groups, particularly land trusts involved with protecting land through purchase or conservation easement.

Nestled on the edge of a conservation easement in the unassuming town of Nosara, all that separates you from the surf is a trail through the lush forest.

Through a voluntary arrangement, the preservation groups have purchased a conservation easement on 325 acres of the Davenport Farm to ensure that the land remains available for farming and is not developed.

It has directly protected over 1,300 acres in Philipstown and Putnam Valley through conservation - easement donations.

During the»70s and early»80s, Scenic Hudson formed a separately incorporated land trust to expand our conservation work through land acquisition and land protection via easements.

Our bill provides tax relief to farmers and other landowners by amending estate tax rules for conservation easements through an increase in the maximum exclusion amount to $ 2 million and increasing the base percentage to 60 %.

A Farmland Information Center study of the federal FRPP confirmed that most farmland protected from development through use of conservation easements stays in farming.

Exchanges are also used to further environmental protection objectives, such as through swaps involving conservation easements to preserve habitat and prevent future development.