Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
The conflict between proponents of land and water conservation and those promoting traditional, natural-resource intensive development is a well-known story. One side sees the economic development of land and water as a fundamental right, while the other side values preservation of wildlife, ecosystems, and biological diversity as at least an equal right. This article examines the intersection of these two viewpoints: the active conservation of land and water resources on private land through conservation easements that extend the long- standing property law notion of easements to the modern situation in which a landowner commits to maintain and conserve the property in a specific condition, usually for a financial benefit.
Recommended Citation
William Snape, Conservation Easements as a Tool for Nature Protection, 171 Tax Notes Today 875 (2021). Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1989