On June 26, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 799 (HB 799) into law. HB 799 allows property owners in Florida to create easements on their own land while retaining ownership of both the dominant and ...

Some opinion columnists have recently written about conservation easements in a less flattering light. As president and CEO of the North Florida Land Trust, I am delighted to respond and try to set ...

Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at times key road connections — or political connections — trump the ...

In Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) says conservation easements could be blocked by the 1981 law that created them in his state. LINCOLN, Neb. — In the late 1970s, landowners looking to protect a ...

The ranch real estate experts at James Bigley Ranches explain conservation easements and the benefits of preserving land while maintaining property value.

Jessica Owley (Buffalo) has posted Changing Property in a Changing World: A Call for the End of Perpetual Conservation Easements, forthcoming in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. The abstract: ...