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About: Private
Land Conservation |
Property Evaluation |
Costs |
SAMPLE
Step-by-Step Guide to:
Conservation Easements |
Gifts of Land |
Bargain Sale |
Trade Land
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INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION
People across the country have
historically worked to save places important to their
communities -- the riverbanks, meadows, forests, and
family farms in their back yards. Land trusts were born
of these community-minded roots.
Kachemak Heritage Land
Trust is a non-profit organization established
in 1989 to preserve, for public benefit, land on
the Kenai Peninsula with significant natural,
recreational, or cultural values by working with
willing landowners. We are the oldest land
trust in Alaska. Across America, over 37
million acres have been conserved by over 1,700
local, state and national land trusts that are
saving dwindling open space. Property owners
have worked with land trusts to voluntarily
protect the conservation values of their scenic
views, farms, wildlife habitat, river corridors,
ranches, ocean shores, wetlands, and trails --
properties of every size and type with special
ecological, historic, cultural, recreational, or
open space value.
Landowners can choose from
a variety of permanent conservation methods.
The property may stay in private ownership and
use, or it may be transferred to the land
trust. In every case, the way in which the
property is protected depends upon the wishes of
the landowner and the conservation values of the
property.
Kachemak Heritage Land
Trust accepts gifts of conservation easements,
donations of land for conservation, and in rare
cases bargain sales of conservation land. All
of these methods may result in significant
income and property tax benefits to the
landowner. It is important to discuss potential
financial benefits with an attorney and/or tax
advisor, as each landowner’s situation is
unique.
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