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Conservation Easements
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Land Use Prof Blog
The ACE Basin and Conservation Easements
The ACE Basin of the South Carolina Lowcountry--a land area surrounded by the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers--is one of the largest and best examples of the power of conservation…
Land Use Prof Blog
Preservation News from the Top: Anthony Wood in Charleston
Acclaimed preservationist, author, and professor Anthony Wood paid a visit this week to Charleston, South Carolina, where he serves as Chairman of the Drayton Hall Site Council. Click here for a link…
PropertyProf Blog
Serkin on Private Conservation Easements and Public Land
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Christopher Serkin (Brooklyn) has posted Entrenching Environmentalism: Private Conservation Easements Over Public Land on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This piece for the University of Chicago Law Review Symposium: Reassessing the State…
PropertyProf Blog
McLaughlin & Machlis on Conservation Easements
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Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) and Mark Benjamin Machlis have posted Protecting the Public Interest and Investment in Conservation: A Response to Professor Korngold's Critique of Conservation Easements on SSRN. Here's…
PropertyProf Blog
McLaughlin and Weeks on Conservation Easements
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Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) and W. William Weeks (Indiana) have posted In Defense of Conservation Easements: A Response to 'The End of Perpetuity' on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This article critiques…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Professors Nancy A. McLaughlin and W. William Weeks Post “In Defense of Conservation Easements: A Response to ‘The End of Perpetuity'”
Professor Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) and W. William Weeks (Indiana - Bloomington) posted "In Defense of Conservation Easements: A Response to 'The End of Perpetuity'" on SSRN's Nonprofit and Philanthropy…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
New MA Law: State Income Tax Credit for Landowners Who Donate Conservation Land
This week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill establishing a state income tax credit for landowners who voluntarily donate qualifying conservation land to a municipality, the state,…
Land Use Law Blog
Kate Hart to Speak at the CLE International Conservation Easements Seminar
Kate Hart, a senior associate at the firm, will be speaking at the CLE International Conservation Easements Seminar on November 18, 2008, in San Francisco. Kate will be presenting an overview…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Further Coverage of IRS Investigation Into Colorado Conservation Easements
The Denver Post has a follow-up story regarding the IRS involvement in an initially state-level investigation of conservation easement donations in Colorado, which we blogged about earlier this week.LHM
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
IRS Joins Colorado Conservation Easement Investigation
The Denver Rocky Mountain News reports that the Internal Revenue Service has accepted the invitation of the Colorado Division of Real Estate to join the Division's investigation of conservation easement…