Conservation Easements

Congress Reinstates Income Tax Advantages for Conservation Easements

Executive Summary: Congress has temporarily reinstated certain income tax advantages for donations of conservation easements. These advantageous provisions are scheduled to expire at the end of 2013....more

Effects Of American Taxpayer Relief Act Overshadowed By Sequester Talk

With much of the current news cycle discussing mandatory federal budget cuts known as the "sequester," one may tend to forget that Congress narrowly averted the country's fall over the "fiscal cliff " by enacting the American...more

Oregon Land Use Bills Aim to Limit Wetland Restoration

Three Oregon legislators have introduced bills on behalf of the Oregon Farm Bureau requiring land use permits for wetland restoration on farmland....more

Fiscal Cliff Deal Preserves Enhanced Conservation Easement Tax Benefits

Conservation easements are an effective tool for tax and estate planning and there are significant tax benefits to implementing them in 2013....more