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Preserving
Wilderness and Farm Land
Tools For Saving Land
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Conservation
Easements limit land to specific uses and thus protect it from development. These voluntary legal agreements are created between private landowners (grantors) and qualified land trusts, conservation organizations, or government agencies (grantees). Easements may apply to entire parcels of land or to specific parts of a property. Most easements are permanent. All conservation easements legally bind future landowners. While conservation easements limit development, they do not affect other private property rights. Agriculture conservation easements are designed specifically to protect farmland. Grantors retain the right to use their land for farming and other purposes. They hold the title to their properties, and may sell, give or transfer their property as they desire. Farmers also remain eligible for any state or federal farm program for which they qualified before entering into the conservation easement. These easements are a flexible farmland protection tool. Private land trusts and other conservation organizations educate farmers about the tax benefits of donating easements, and state and local governments have developed programs to purchase conservation easements from landowners. In addition, conservation easements can be designed to protect other natural resources, such as forests, wetlands, and wildlife habitat.
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info@butterflyhollow.com
Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563