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Easement Questions
- If I Want to Donate an Easement in Montezuma or Dolores Counties, Who Should I Contact?
- What are the Costs of Completing a Conservation Easement?
- How Can Giving an Easement Reduce Taxes?
- How Is The Value of A Conservation Easement Determined?
- What Does The Land Trust Do?
- Who May Give, and Who May Accept A Conservation Easement?
- How Long Does A Conservation Easement Last?
- Does A Conservation Easement Allow Public Access?
- How Restrictive Is A Conservation Easement?
- What are the “Conservation Values” that qualify?
Category Archives: Conservation Law & Policy
Congress extends the enhanced easement incentive!
Congress extends the enhanced easement incentive! This is great news for landowners in Montezuma and Dolores counties — check out the details of H.R. 4853 or contact MLC at 970. 565.1664 for more information.
The incentive, which now applies to donations in 2010 and 2011:
- Raises the income tax deduction a landowner can take for donating a conservation easement from 30% of their income in any year to 50%;
- Allows farmers and ranchers to deduct up to 100% of their income; and
- Increases the number of years over which a donor can take deductions from 6 to 16 years.
Lawmakers OK Conservation Easement Review
To hear the latest on the ongoing dispute between some conservation easement donors and the state, check out this article from the Durango Herald.
New law helps land conservancies
Staff Report | Cortez Journal
A new state law enacted by Gov. Bill Ritter on June 5 supports Colorado’s incentives for preserving unique natural and agricultural lands by sending a strong message that abuses of the program won’t be tolerated, according to conservation advocates, according to a statement from the Montezuma Land Conservancy.
Ritter signed House Bill 1353 at a State Capitol ceremony with the legislation’s sponsors, House Majority Leader Alice Madden and Sen. Jim Isgar, as well as land conservation organizations including the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, the Nature Conservancy, the Colorado Conservation Trust, and the Trust for Public Land, according to the statement. Montezuma Land Conservancy participated on the task force that shaped the legislation.
Posted in Conservation Law & Policy, In the News
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