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Easement Information

The following websites and publications provide detailed information about conservation easements.

Easement Legislation

California Civil Code Sections 815 and 816
California legal requirements for conservation easements.

Federal Internal Revenue Code Title 26 USC 170(h) qualified conservation contribution
Federal tax law that permits conservation easements.

Publications

Barret, Thomas S. and Stefan Nagel. 1996.
Model Conservation Easement and Historic Preservation Easement Land Trust Alliance, Washington D.C.

Land Trust Alliance. 1999.
Conservation Options A Landowners Guide. Washington D.C.

Lind, Brenda.
Working Forest Conservation Easements. The Land Trust Alliance, Washington D.C.

Gustanski, Julie Ann, H. Roderick Squires, Roderick H. Squires and Jean Hocker. Eds. 2002.
Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present and Future. Island Press.

Websites

California Forest Stewardship Program
Provides information on private forest stewardship on California lands. The section titled Information for Landowners provides information on easements as well as other management topics.

Land Trust Alliance
Provides general information to landowners, as well as links to specific articles about conservation easements and publications created by the LTA for landowners.

Private Landowner Network
Provides articles and information on working forest conservation easements, as well as other private land issues.

The Nature Conservancy
Provides several different pages about conservation easements including information on how they evolved, myths about them, statistical facts about easements in the United States and example easements.

The Pacific Forest Trust
Provides general descriptions of conservation easements, as well as real life examples of forest property owners in California, Oregon and Washington who have protected their lands through conservation easements.