Conservation easements can benefit everyone.(Feature Report on Environmental Law)

From: LawNow | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Unger, Jason | Copyright information

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A conservation easement is a legal tool that allows landowners to preserve the natural attributes of their land. Landowners in Alberta have donated or sold conservation easements covering 29,882 hectares, and donated or sold fee simple title covering 40,928 hectares to conservation organizations. Of these lands 19,110 hectares qualified as ecological gifts and were valued at $41.85 million as of June 2006.

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