Sentence examples for land conservancy from inspiring English sources

Chris Kuehne, president of the Pound Ridge Land Conservancy, said: "Conservation easements are one of the few really good tax breaks left for landowners in the U.S. The I.R.S. hasn't really challenged any of the ones in this area yet".

Under terms of that agreement, the Santa Barbara County Parks Department owns the land, The Land Conservancy holds a conservation easement on the property and, on launch days, the military maintains the right to evacuate the area.

There are also hundreds of environmental organizations you can find on the internet that provide services and support to the land, both wild and cultivated, and native animal populations (the New Mexico Land Conservancy is one example; it has conserved over 100,000 acres of land and has a goal of conserving over 1 million acres).

Many credit the Dutchess Land Conservancy with preserving open lands by acquiring conservation easements from local owners; under the easements, owners retain the land but relinquish development rights.

The Columbia Land Conservancy, a member-supported nonprofit land trust, has worked to help conserve the rural landscape, farmlands and wildlife habitat.

There is a strong land conservancy effort in Columbia County.

San Antonio's program is being expanded at a time when national and state budget troubles have cut into land conservation, said Kate Vickery, outreach coordinator for the Texas Land Conservancy, a land-trust group.

"It's exceptional wildlife habitat," Tim Richardson, a representative of the American Land Conservancy, said of the 186 acres of land on South Padre that the conservancy owns.

According to a recent survey conducted by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, the citywide number is now only 6,000.

In February, he signed a framework agreement with the American Land Conservancy, a relatively small land trust in San Francisco that specializes in difficult transactions.

Rob Edgen, executive director of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, which arranged the easement with the Wood family farm, said easements best suit families motivated to preserve the land.