Conserving Your Land
Find out more about permanently protecting your land with a Conservation Easement.
Intro to Conservation Easements
An easement is a voluntary land preservation agreement between a landowner and a land conservation organization, designed to protect the agricultural resources, forest resources, scenic open space, or wildlife habitat that may exist on a property.
Learn about the public benefits of easements, reasons you may want to donate, the tax implications, and who you might work with on an easement donation.
Resources for Professionals
Information for Attorneys, Accountants, and other Professionals -- summary of State and Federal Tax Incentives. More Land Conservation Information
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Free Easement Packet for Landowners
PEC's Land Conservation staff has assembled this easement packet filled with important information about conservation easements -- including a sample PEC Easement and guidelines on how to proceed with donating a easement. Read More -
The Benefits of Conservation (Interactive Map)
Learn how the fabric of conservation easements in the Piedmont is building a legacy of preservation while enabling these families to continue to work and cherish their lands. Read More -
Easements Over Time (Interactive Map)
View the increase of protected lands in the Piedmont since 1970. Read More -
The Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund
The 1997 Virginia General Assembly created a fund (Va. Code Sections 10.1801-2), The Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund, to assist landowners with the costs of conveying conservation easements and to purchase all or part of the value of the easements. Read More
Conservation Questions?
Our Land Conservation Staff work throughout the Piedmont.
Find the staff person nearest you.
For general questions, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Free Easement Packet
Important information about conservation easements -- including a sample PEC Easement and guidelines on how to proceed with donating a easement.
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The Piedmont Environmental Council is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
