Conservation easements bring difficult decisions: Land under conservation easements can sell for a profit, but restrictions apply.

From: The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) | Date: August 15, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Tim Thornton

Aug. 15--When Gov. Tim Kaine announced last year that he intended to put 400,000 acres of Virginia out of developers' reach before he left office, few people thought to ask if that was a good thing.

After all, the governor was talking about "preserving" and "protecting" land. What could be bad about that?

But some people are uncomfortable with conservation easements, the principal tool for preserving land.

"The biggest problem I have with the conservation easement is it's forever," Thad Montgomery said while sipping tea before a Farm Bureau ...

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