Conservation easement conundrums

Wolves by Ted Vanegas: I live in "wild Idaho", where its citizens seem to...
Thank you! by Crista Worthy: Bravo! This might just be my favorite essay tha...
"we are all Americans" by Bob: Wigger! Add that to your "labels."
Silvia Martinez is the reason why we hate Mexicans by Bob: Not only the incorrigible, ruthless bastards that ...
wolf attacks by jeff: if you dont like the wild, live in another contine...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
It's the population, stupid? | Some Westerners want to blame our environmental wo...
East to the West | A writer contemplates where the West begins, both ...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...
Three cheers | Here's to an anonymous donor, Target and 11 scient...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
Thank you, Utah, for leading the way | Utah's Legislature has brilliant plans to cut educ...
Mobile Nation | Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousan...
The myths of Native American identity | Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Kno...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...

Related: A move to make land trusts more accountable The Land Trust Alliance hopes its new accreditation program for land trusts will forestall the passage of federal legislation designed to end the abuse of conservation easements; Colorado tax credits make easements work for working people Conservation easements are considered the domain of the wealthy, but in Colorado, tax credits are helping farmers like Dorothy and Norman Kehmeier preserve their family’s land.; Congress looks to reform a system with no steering wheel A proposal to overhaul the tax rules around conservation easements has private-land conservationists worried, but recent financial scandals show the need for some reform; Timber companies borrow a tool from environmentalists In Idaho’s Panhandle region, the Potlatch Corp. is negotiating conservation easements on as much as 600,000 acres of forest, but not all conservationists are thrilled at the prospect; Little orphan easement? When a land trust dissolves, its conservation easements need to be taken on by another group, but that’s not as easy as it sounds.

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