Conservation easements can save your land for future generations, protect wildlife habitat and may reduce your taxes. The use of conservation easements has successfully protected millions of acres of wildlife habitat and open space, keeping land in private hands and generating significant public benefits.
 
Conservation Tax Incentives
Tax incentives are available for private landowners interested in protecting the important conservation values of their lands through the donation of conservation easements.

What is a Conservation Easement?
A conservation easement is a voluntary, legally binding agreement that limits certain types of uses or prevents development from taking place on a piece of property now and in the future, while protecting the property’s ecological or open-space values.

• How a conservation easement works 
   
• How The Nature Conservancy uses easements
   
• Download a brochure about conservation easements and The Nature Conservancy
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