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  • Resurrecting a Native Trail Landscape

    Crow's Nest Preserve 201 Piersol Road, Elverson, PA, United States

    Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has committed in 2014 to aggressively work towards maintaining our forests for biodiversity, which includes invasive species containment and eradication, storm water management, and trail tread stabilization and improved tread siting.  We have moved gradually towards accomplishing these monumental goals through adaptive planning and implementation.  The focus of this presentation will be […]

  • Natural Burial: Connecting People with Land from Cradle to Grave

    Crow's Nest Preserve 201 Piersol Road, Elverson, PA, United States

    Natural (or green) burial is not a new concept.  As many know, it involves the burial of an unembalmed body, directly into the soil without a concrete vault, and in an entirely biodegradable casket or shroud.  What is new with this concept is that many of these “green cemeteries” are essentially nature preserves – nature preserves that just so happen to allow for these limited impact burials on the land. 

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    Conservation Easement Donation Agreements: When, Why, and How?

    Crow's Nest Preserve 201 Piersol Road, Elverson, PA, United States

    In this online seminar, WeConservePA Director of Conservation Law Justin Hollinger will present a guided tour of the Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement and review associated considerations.

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    Private Transfer Fees, Deferred Payments, and Other Stewardship Funding Arrangements

    Virtual

    The administration and enforcement of conservation easements is costly — and perpetually so.  Landowner contributions are a key strategy for funding a holder's easement obligations; however, achieving both affordability to the landowner and sufficiency for the land trust in a one-time contribution can be challenging if not impossible. A range of legal tools are available […]

  • Proposed Changes to the Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

    Virtual

    Over the past few months, WeConservePA has offered for public comment a number of proposals for changes to the Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants. On June 10, Executive Director Andy Loza and Legal Director Justin Hollinger will walk people through the proposals. Ample time will be provided for people to comment […]

  • New Model Documents for Conservation Easement Administration

    Virtual

    WeConservePA Legal Director Justin Hollinger will offer brief guided tours and answer questions about the new model legal documents that have joined the WeConservePA library in recent months. The Model Compliance Statement provides conservation easement holders with a well-considered way to provide sellers and buyers of eased land with reasonable assurance that the selling landowner […]

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    Foot in the Door: Legal Tools for Future Land Acquisition

    Virtual

    Many landowners may be open to selling, bargain selling, or even donating their land to a conservation organization, but for one reason or another, not in the present. There is no need for a landowner-conservation organization conversation to stop there. A variety of legal tools—relatively painless to the landowner—can provide assurance that the organization will […]

  • Stream and Wetland Mitigation Banking: Perspectives for Land Trusts

    Virtual

    Ecological restoration through mitigation banking is a rapidly growing industry in Pennsylvania and across the United States. A mitigation bank is a wetland, stream, or other aquatic resource area that has been reestablished, rehabilitated, or enhanced, for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources that are protected under Federal or state […]

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    Restating Older Grants of Conservation Easement for Improved Conservation Outcomes

    Virtual

    Conservation easement practice has continually evolved and improved. Many older grants of conservation easement lack the benefit of years or even decades of progress. For their holders, the results can be confounding: limited enforceability, unnecessary legal exposure, and sticky interpretation challenges. WeConservePA Legal Director Justin Hollinger will review the risks and issues with older grants, […]

  • Nourishing Roots of Legacy Giving Virtual Seminar

    Virtual

    WeConservePA member organizations and their teams can get a jump on planting seeds with donors to realize year-end gifts of Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) especially for those donors with Required Minimum Distributions(RMDs).

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