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Land Protection Fact Sheets [1]

Downloadable Documents on Land Protection

Estate Planning Issues for Landowners:

  • 2006 Tax Incentives (updated 9/18/06) [2] 
    Stephen J. Small, Esq.
  • The "Bundle of Sticks" [3]
    Robert A. Levite, Esq. UMASS Extension
  • Land Ownership Vehicles [4] 
    Robert A. Levite, Esq. UMASS Extension
  • Conservation Restrictions as a Land Protection Tool [5] 
    Robert A. Levite, Esq. UMASS Extension
  • Determining the Value of Land [6] 
    Robert A. Levite, Esq. UMASS Extension
  • Substantiation of Value of Donated Conservation Restrictions For Federal Tax Purposes [7] 
    Robert A. Levite, Esq. UMASS Extension

Massachusetts Land Trust Easement Defense Program:

  • MA Easement Defense Program Operating Principles [8]
  • MA Land Trust Coalition's Easement Defense Subcommittee's Enforcement Policy [9]
  • MA Easement Defense Subcommittee's Amendment Policy Guidelines [10]

Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition Attorney Referral Panel Legal Advisories:

  • Permanent Deed Restrictions Under the Community Preservation Act and the Cape Cod Land Bank [11]
  • Public or Charitable Trusts and Protection Against Disposition of Conservation Land [12]
  • Eminent Domain and Restricted Lands [13]

Links to Other Organizations and Resources on Land Protection

Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Chapter 61 Handbook [14]

MA Smart Growth Alliance [15]

MA Audubon Society Land Advocacy and Community Planning [16]

Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions [17]

Massachusetts Dept of Conservation and Recreation [18]

The Land Trust Alliance [19]

Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition [20]

Last Updated: 
September 1
Topics: 
Environmental Conservation
Environmental Conservation topics: 
Land Use & Land Protection
The UMass Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment is the home of UMass Extension and the Mass. Ag. Experiment Station.

Source URL: https://ag.umass.edu/cafe/fact-sheets/land-protection-fact-sheets

Links
[1] https://ag.umass.edu/cafe/fact-sheets/land-protection-fact-sheets
[2] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/2006_tax_incentives.pdf
[3] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/bundle_of_sticks.pdf
[4] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/land_ownership_vehicles.pdf
[5] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/conservation_restrictions_land_protection.pdf
[6] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/determining_value_land.pdf
[7] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/donated_conservation_restrictions.pdf
[8] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/operating_principles.pdf
[9] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/enforcement_policy_rev4_06.pdf
[10] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/model_conservation_restriction_amendment_2_27_07_0.pdf
[11] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/permanent_deed_restrictions.pdf
[12] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/public_charitable_trusts.pdf
[13] https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/pdf-doc-ppt/eminent_domain.pdf
[14] https://www.mountgrace.org/publications
[15] https://ma-smartgrowth.org/
[16] https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/advocacy/shaping-the-future-of-your-community
[17] http://www.maccweb.org/index.html
[18] https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-conservation-recreation
[19] https://www.landtrustalliance.org/
[20] http://www.massland.org/