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Hepler Family: Lessons Learned |
- Donated land, like other income producing mechanisms of land conservation, requires a series of steps that lead to final approval
- Although the donation of land is technically a gift, the burden rests on the donor, to negotiate the approval process
- Land trust volunteers and board members who have had personal land conservation experiences can inspire everyday people to conserve their land
- Land trust organizations and individual property owners can work together to further a regional and an individual vision of land protection
- Creative use of tax laws can assist everyday people in the overall protection of a community’s cultural resources for future generations
- Tax programs that preserve the active use of agricultural land can help to ensure that future generations can live in sustainable way
- Land protection does not have to extract property from the tax rolls
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