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(Course materials pdated Dec. 06 with info Act 154 of 2006). Two back-to-back sessions: 1--Policy and legislative initiatives over the past ten years have focused attention on land use patterns and the loss of open space. The conservation easement is a basic tool for preserving open space. Get a primer on conservation easements including an explanation of basic concepts, a discussion of the Pennsylvania Conservation and Preservation Easements Act of 2001, the basic considerations involved in the creation of a conservation easement and a brief discussion of political issues surrounding the employment of conservation easements. 2--Explore the factors which often drive the decision to ease property with conservation restrictions: the tax treatment associated with the grant or acquisition of conservation easements. Examine specific language of conservation easements and touch on common problems associated with conservation easements. Recorded April 1 2004 at the annual Environmental Law Forum, a joint project of PBI and the Environmental, Natural Resources, and Mineral Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Credit Information
2.0 Total CLE credits (No Ethics)
Faculty
John R. Embick, Esq., Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, LLP, Philadelphia
Jaffray Louise Edens, Esq., Senior Planner, Environmental Management Center, Brandywine Conservancy, Inc., Chadds Ford
Added Dec. 2006: info on Act 154 of 2006 (1 Page, 20 KB)
Course Outline (Slides in note-taking format) (22 Pages, 274 KB)
Written Materials (50 Pages, 375 KB)
Help
Major Ethics Rules Changes (Rev. August 2009) (ETHICS COURSES ONLY) (2 Pages, 26 KB)
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