Conservation easements can benefit everyone.(Feature Report on Environmental Law)Unger, Jason
“There is no silver bullet,” he said in an interview. “But one of the areas that we have focused on is removing the barriers to additional home construction.” He added that “housing is not a problem that you can solve by throwing more money at the existing housing stock.” Most ...
As he dug deeper, Davis realized that the coastal Southeast is a “hyperdiverse” biological hotspot with up to 60 different species in a single square yard—though you might not think so when you see it, since a mature longleaf forest looks clipped and kempt, more like a big city p...
“I think there are a lot of situations where installing (analogs) or encouraging beavers to build dams could be helpful, ecologically or ideologically,” Hafen said. “But I think you also have to take that on a case-by-case basis, consider what the goals are for restoration, what the ...
The notion of saving an ecosystem “in perpetuity”—which is currently enshrined in many conservation laws and policies, including in easements—is as ungrounded in science as would be a quest to make my mom immortal. If you think your job is to save the planet, it...
And then, it was if I was held up (long enough to let my knee bend) and lowered gently , sustaining a mere scrape on my right knee. Paul stared in disbelief. “I thought you were going to break your leg”, he said. “I don’t know how you escaped that.” I’m pretty sure ...
Can Conservation Easements Preserve Agriculture in Kentucky Without Expressly Protecting Water RightsRebecca Price
Conservation Easements Can Stave off Estate Tax HardshipsCayton, Wendell
The problem is so intensified that in recent years the increased strain on the availability of water has caused the southeastern states to enter into litigation regarding the different states' claims to the use of shared watercourses. Kentucky is not immune from the problems faced by neighboring ...
Easement Act of 1981, and to define the rights and burdens associated with a conservationeasement.52 These laws have created a new statutory property interest, which has roots incommon law and runs with the land.53 Early versions of conservation easements were usedMurdock, John...