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

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    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 […]

  • 2025 Land Protection and Stewardship Gathering

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

    Join dozens of your colleagues involved in acquiring and stewarding land and conservation easements for robust discussions of a variety of matters relevant to you. As in the past, the agenda will be substantially shaped by you. You are strongly encouraged to suggest topics, concerns, and questions you would like to see addressed at the […]

  • Foot in the Door: Legal Tools for Future Land Acquisition

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    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 […]

  • Pennsylvania Greenways and Trails Summit 2025

    Hilton Harrisburg One North Second Street, Harrisburg, United States

    September 21 - 23, 2025 The 2025 Pennsylvania Greenways and Trails Summit will be held in Harrisburg, PA.

  • 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 […]

  • Restating Older Grants of Conservation Easement for Improved Conservation Outcomes

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    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, […]

  • 2025 EAC Fall Gathering

    Penn State Great Valley | Malvern, PA

    WeConservePA and event host Chester County Planning Commission invite Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) members, municipal staff, and elected officials to attend the annual Fall Gathering—a one-day, in-person education and networking event to support local environmental initiatives. The 2025 event will take place on Saturday, November 15 at The Conference Center—Penn State Great Valley in Malvern, PA.  […]

    $90

  • 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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