Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What are some goals of conservations?
|
1) Protect natural, , scenic, historical, cultural, archaeological and recreational resources
2) Repair fragmented landscapes and marine environments 3) Conserve working landscapes 4) connect where people live to where they recreate 5) increase and sustain a community's environment, social, health and economic capital 6) achieve balance between the built and natural enviornments |
|
|
How are resources conserved (IAPPLE)
|
Individual resonsibility
Acquisition Private Stewardship Purchase of Development Rights Laws and Regulations Easements |
|
|
T/F a landowner selling his land may want to conserve it?
|
t
|
|
|
landowners may wish to conserve their land to protect their property from _____________________ ___________________________
|
inappropriate development
|
|
|
Some other benefits from land conservation are that a landowner can:
|
Realize some equity from their land now
Realize a potential tax benefit Preserve family lands while maintaining their agricultural, forested, ranch or historic use of property |
|
|
What is a conservation easement?
|
a legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values.
|
|
|
Which of these is not a qualified conservation recipient for a conservation easement?
A) a public agency B) farmers C) land trust D) non profit or preservation organization? |
B
|
|
|
Conservation EAsements can protect (SHANE R)
|
Scenery
Historic places Agriculture Natural Resources Endangered species Ranches |
|
|
Because consevation easements offer ____ ____________________, a grantor is best served to grant to a public agency or conservation or historic preservation organizaition
|
tax benefits
|
|
|
A Conservation Easement is a ___________________, charitable gift provided that the easement is a qualified conservation contribution
|
tax deductible
|
|
|
How can a conservation easement benefit the federal estate tax?
|
A conservation easement on property either prior to death or through a charitable gift at death can reduce heirs’ tax burden
|
|
|
How can conservation easements ease the local property tax?
|
Easements can reduce development potential, reducing value of property, reducing tax assessment
|
|
|
What are the steps in a conservation easement process?
(HINT Valerie Never Dreaded Being Made to Eat Apples) |
Valuation
Negotiation Drafting Baseline Documentation Management Enforcement Assignment |
|
|
Development rights are either extinguished or
|
held by a qualified entity for transfer
|
|
|
Landowner retains full ownership and use of property for purposes other than
|
real estate development
|
|
|
Private Stewardship Grants are for
|
For landowners who protect and restore imperiled species & habitats
|
|
|
The non-tribal landowner incentive program provides
|
technical and financial assistance to private landowners for habitat protection & restoration
|
|
|
Fair Market Value (FMV) Appraisals Based on
|
highest and best use
|
