conservation easement

Four private Michigan islands spanning 520 acres hit the market for $2.3 million; the deal includes a home, two boats and land protected by a conservation easement

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A private group of four islands covering 520 acres along the US-Canada border has been listed for $2.3 million. The sale includes a renovated home, machinery, two boats and a mainland dock slip. Located in Potagannissing Bay and the St Marys River near Drummond Island, the property includes Burnt Island, Wilson Island, Claw Island and…

In 1842, a North Carolina mission school began on mountain farmland; 184 years later, an 86.7-acre easement completes protection of land stewarded there for 130 years

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High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, a quiet story of faith, education and land stewardship has unfolded over nearly two centuries. In 1842, a mission school opened on what was then rugged mountain farmland in the Valle Crucis valley, near present day Boone. For more than 130 years, religious and educational…

Joseph Martinek bought a Texas farm in 1911; 115 years later, his descendants donated a conservation easement protecting 470 acres of farmland, wildlife habitat and open space

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From left to right: Tiffany Osburn, TLC Board Member and Deputy State Archeologist; Russell Friemel, landowner; and Sergio Ayala, archeologist. (Photo: Stephen Ramirez) Martinek Farm, located outside La Grange in Fayette County, Texas, has become the county’s latest conservation success story. The property, which has remained connected to the same family since 1911, is now…

Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch turned down solar leases on 2,700 acres; instead he chose a conservation easement to protect the family farm, then faced an IRS audit

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Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch had a straightforward choice: accept millions of dollars from solar companies seeking to lease 2,700 acres of his family’s farmland, or keep the property in agriculture for the next generation. He chose the farm. Now, after spending nearly $1 million documenting a conservation easement, he is facing an IRS audit over…

After their brother died, two siblings inherited 20.66 acres beside Zion National Park; they gave up development rights so it can never be built on

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20 Acres Donated in Brother’s Honor Two siblings who inherited a 20.66-acre piece of land in Rockville, Utah, after their brother died have permanently given up all future development rights to keep the property completely undeveloped next to Zion National Park. The siblings have signed a perpetual conservation easement with the Virgin River Land Conservancy….

A private landowner has given up development rights on 145 acres beside Zion National Park; the land can no longer become hotels, condos or restaurants and will remain protected

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Zion National Park (Representative image) Visitors who approach Zion National Park from the east are greeted by a winding, scenic drive that feels worlds away from the crowded gateway towns surrounding many other national parks. That sense of serenity is now locked in place, thanks to a new conservation deal announced this week by the…

A Virginia farmer protected his land from development and persuaded his neighbours to follow; 25 years later, nearly 2,500 acres of private farms now form a wildlife corridor

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The need for such work is growing as development, roads, invasive species, pollution and climate change alter Virginia’s landscapes. On a humid summer morning in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the work of protecting nature looks surprisingly ordinary. There are fields to tend, invasive plants to control and young trees to check. But across these farms, two…

In 1999, a Texas couple bought 828 acres and discovered endangered whooping cranes, then protected 817 acres for the birds | World News

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In 1999, Al and Diane Johnson thought they had finally found the place where they could build a home and settle down. They had bought 828 acres on Texas’ Lamar Peninsula, a broad stretch of marsh, grassland and live oak woodland near Rockport. Then they noticed two very large birds walking across their newly acquired…

A Florida couple bought a 45-acre swamp to protect it from development; 15 years later, 275 wood storks were nesting there in a thriving ecosystem filled with wildlife

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Jim Stevenson (left) and Tara Tanaka (right) at their wildlife sanctuary in Florida. A Florida couple made an unusual decision more than a decade ago when they bought a 45-acre cypress swamp beside their home in Tallahassee, Florida, rather than allowing the land to be cleared or developed. Jim Stevenson and Tara Tanaka purchased the…

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