April 28, 2005
How to Stop Conservation Donors From Cheating on Their Taxes
One of the most useful, cost-effective methods of conserving land in America is in serious crisis.
A series of scandals has revealed major abuses of conservation easements -- a legal tool increasingly used to protect private land from development. Landowners who donate easements to nonprofit conservation groups promise that the land will not be used for development; in exchange, they are allowed to write off the value of the development rights as a charitable
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