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Conservation Easements
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More on Conservation Easements
With h/t to our friends at the TaxProf Blog: Preservation Easements in an Uncertain Regulatory FutureJess R. Phelps (Historic New England), Preserving Preservation Easements?: Preservation Easements in an Uncertain Regulatory Future, 91…
Land Use Prof Blog
Albany Law School Junior Scholar Event
This February, Albany Law School is hosting its third workshop on teaching and scholarship for junior professors. I attended this two years ago and had a great time. I presented…
Land Use Prof Blog
Conservation Easements Again: Golf Courses as Natural Habitat?
Some of the most questionableconservation easements are those covering golf courses. A recent summaryjudgment ruling from the Tax Court highlights the concerns that arise. RP Golf LLCowns 277 acres in…
Land Use Prof Blog
The True Value of Conservation Easements
As regular readers know, I am obsessed with fascinated by conservation easements. Lately, I have been particularly intrigued by valuation concerns. Where a landowner donates a conservation easement on her…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Colinvaux: The Conservation Easement Tax Expenditure
Roger Colinvaux (Catholic) has published "The Conservation Easement Tax Expenditure: In Search of Conservation Value," in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Volume 37. The SSRN abstract provides:Federal tax law…
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Halperin: A Better Way to Encourage Gifts of Conservation Easements
Daniel I. Halperin (Harvard) has published "A Better Way to Encourage Gifts of Conservation Easements" in The Shelf Project, Volume 136 (July 2012). The abstract posted to SSRN: The author’s proposal…
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Conservation Easements in the Forest Legacy Program
Jessica Owley (SUNY-Buffalo) and Stephen J. Tulowiecki (SUNY-Buffalo) have published "Who Should Protect the Forest?: Conservation Easements in the Forest Legacy Program" in the Public Land and Resources Law Review,…
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McLaughlin: Extinguishment of Perpetual Conservation Easements
Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) has published "Extinguishment of Perpetual Conservation Easements: Charting a Course after Carpenter," in the Florida Tax Review, Vol. 13. The SSRN abstract on the article is…
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Halperin on Conservation Easements
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Daniel Halperin (Harvard) has posted A Better Way to Encourage Gifts of Conservation Easements on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The author’s proposal would repeal the deduction for the appraised value of…
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Korngold on Governmental Conservation Easements
Gerald Korngold has posted a new article on SSRN. Governmental Conservation Easements: A Means to Advance Efficiency, Freedom from Coercion, Flexibility, and Democracy. It already looks to be an important…