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In 2014, the Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative (Amendment 1) was passed overwhelmingly with 74.96% of the vote. Upon passage by the voters, the Florida Constitution now regulates [...]

If you are a Florida landowner who has a conservation easement on your property, the form to apply for a property tax exemption for the land protected by the easement is located at: [...]

A conservation easement is a legal agreement that protects land by limiting the potential uses of the land. Easements allow landowners to maintain many of their private property rights and [...]

Babette Bach and Rob Patten were featured in the February 2015 issue of Scene Magazine, which included an article on their shared commitment to land conservation and environmental protection. [...]

Attorney Sean M. Byrne will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Suncoast Chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. on the topic of land conservation law in Florida. The meeting [...]

Question:     Are the federal income tax incentives for donating conservation easements going to change in 2014? Answer:    The “enhanced conservation easement incentive,” which applied to [...]

Attorney Sean M. Byrne will present a seminar at the annual national conference of the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) about the use of public trail easements to encourage support for land [...]