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Robert J. Allen In the current economic environment, landowners previously contemplating development or sale of their real property are seeking alternative ways to generate cash flow from their real property assets.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Alternatives-to-Real-Estate-Development-Deriving-Financial-Benefits-from-Conservation-and-Mitigation-Projects-in-Virginia--a-Lenders-Collateral-Concerns/96/
American Bird Conservancy (ABC), in cooperation with the American Forest Foundation, Forest Restoration Partnership, and several other partners, is working with private landowners to implement bird conservation measures in ponderosa pine habitat throughout the western United States.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Bird-Conservation-in-Private-Ponderosa-Pine-Forests/538/
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Mark W. Brunson and Lynn Huntsinger Working ranches are often promoted as means of private rangeland conservation because they can safeguard ecosystem services, protect open space, and maintain traditional ranching culture.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Ranching-as-a-Conservation-Strategy--Can-Old-Ranchers-Save-the-New-West/265/
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Megan Stubbs; Reauthorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 farm bill) failed to pass in the 112th Congress, leaving it to the 113th Congress to continue the farm bill debate.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Agricultural-Conservation-and-the-Next-Farm-Bill/903/
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Tax Credit Connection, Inc. Once you have preserved your land with a conservation easement, you might be wondering exactly how you will turn the conservation easement income tax credits you received into cash.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Turning-Conservation-Easement-Tax-Credits-Into-Cash--What-Should-I-Expect/2251/
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Utah Department of Natural Resources Utah’s Conservation Plan for Greater Sage-grouse is designed to protect high-quality habitat, enhance impaired habitat and restore converted habitat to support conservation and restoration of the portion of the greater sage-grouse population within the State.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-Plan-for-Greater-Sagegrouse-in-Utah/2214/
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Amos Eno This is the speech I gave at the NCBA Rancher Conservation Summit in February, 2009. It gives my perspective on how the internet can be an effective vehicle to bring the message of sucessful ranchland conservation to the public at large with no boundaries and no attached bias to promote ranching with rancher developed and reviewed conservation successes.
https://www.landcan.org/article/National-Cattlemens-Beef-Association-Public-Lands-Council-Rancher-Conservation-Summit/2489/
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USDA - NRCS To help provide better understanding of how EQIP and NOP (National Organic Program) work together to help organic producers, this guide compares the NOP requirements, OSP (Organic System Plan), and organic certification with benefits of EQIP-funded conservation practices.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Guide-for-Selection-of-Conservation-Practices-to-Support-Organic-Operations-Matrix/1801/
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USDA-NRCS Gives NOP and NRCS definitions of organic-related terms, answers questions about the Initiative, CAP 138 and more.
https://www.landcan.org/article/FAQ--Conservation-Planning-with-Transitioning-to-Organic-Producers--Guidelines-for-NRCS-Field-Conservationists/1802/
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National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws The Act enables durable restrictions and affirmative obligations to be attached to real property to protect natural and historic resources.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Uniform-Conservation-Easement-Act-with-2007-Amendments/2899/
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USDA - NRCS USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released the 2013 Iowa Nutrient Management Conservation Practice Standard – the guiding document for implementing nutrient management plans for Iowa farmers.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Iowa-Nutrient-Management-Conservation-Practice-Standard/1666/
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Jessica Jay Drafting the conservation easement influences everything about the protected property after the easement’s grant: it guides the landowner’s use of the protected property, it guides Land Trust’s monitoring and stewardship of the property, and it guides Land Trusts enforcement of the conservation easement against the original landowner and all future landowners, forever.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Drafting-Conservation--Easements/1736/
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Terry M. Knowles Since their release in 2010, the Guidelines have been useful to the land trust community and to the New Hampshire Attorney General in facilitating a thorough and efficient review of proposed amendments to, as well as partial extinguishments of, conservation easements.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Amending-or-Terminating-Conservation-Easements-The-New-Hampshire-Experience/3513/
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Jessica Jay Among the most daunting challenges the holder of a perpetual conservation easement faces is the enforcement of the easements it holds, for all time, and against all violators.& ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/Enforcing-Perpetual-Conservation-Easements-Against-ThirdParty-Violators/3514/
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Jeff Pidot This article explores how the Reform Law has worked and whether it makes sense as a model for other states in response to weaknesses in their enabling laws.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-Easement-Reform-As-Maine-Goes-Should-the-Nation-Follow/3507/
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USDA-NRCS Do you farm or ranch and want to make improvements to the land that you own or lease? NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.
https://www.landcan.org/article/How-to-receive-conservation-assistance-from-NRCS/3466/
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Land Trust Alliance This short brochure summarizes the conservation easement tax incentive and provides answers to some frequently asked questions. For the late ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/Using-the-Conservation-Tax-Incentive/3185/
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Western Governors' Association The Western Governors’ Species Conservation and Endangered Species Act Initiative was launched by WGA Chairman and Wyoming Gov.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Western-Governors-Species-Conservation-and-Endangered-Species-Act-Initiative/3299/
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Megan E. Hansen This paper analyzes surveys of private landowners to identify factors that determine landowner engagement in the conservation of endangered species.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Cooperative-Conservation--Determinants-of-Landowner-Engagement-in-Conserving-Endangered-Species/3331/
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Robert Bonnie, Emily Pechar Diamond, and Elizabeth Rowe Rural Americans matter—a lot—to the fate of U.S. environmental policy. Not only do farmers, ranchers, and forest owners manage huge portions of American lands and watersheds, but rural voters also have an outsized impact on national policy.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Understanding-Rural-Attitudes-Toward-the-Environment-and-Conservation-in-America/3587/
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