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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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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).
The Membership Meeting will be followed by the WeConservePA Winter Lecture, Nature’s Fireworks with Peggy Butler, with one registration covering both events.
Some municipalities in Pennsylvania have established dedicated staff positions to help advance environmental and sustainability initiatives. EACs can be instrumental in helping to create those positions and support the achievement of municipal goals by working alongside sustainability staff.
