On June 26, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 799 (HB 799) into law. HB 799 allows property owners in Florida to create easements on their own land while retaining ownership of both the dominant and ...

Some opinion columnists have recently written about conservation easements in a less flattering light. As president and CEO of the North Florida Land Trust, I am delighted to respond and try to set ...

Stuart M. Saft, a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf, writes that Congress has provided the owners of real estate with the ability to donate the façade of a building that has historical significance; ...

President Biden’s 2021 executive order supported the worldwide initiative (30x30) to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. The effort would be collaborative, voluntary, and locally led.

Vicky and Myron Mast, local farmers in Creston, recently placed their land under a conservation easement. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Carolyn Kohrs, center, stands for a portrait with her children, ...

Jessica Owley (Buffalo) has posted Changing Property in a Changing World: A Call for the End of Perpetual Conservation Easements, forthcoming in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. The abstract: ...