Negotiating Conservation Easements with Expert Dean Saunders of SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler

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Dean Saunders sits down to discuss negotiating Conservation Easements.

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Negotiating conservation easements can be tricky and will have a permanent impact on the owner of private land. Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM, is a real estate broker and conservation easement expert. He sat down with us to explain how to negotiate conservation easements.

Saunders used an example scenario in conservation easement negotiation. These negotiations are an important part of coming to an agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency at the state and federal level.

He described working with a hypothetical landowner of a 5000-acre tract of ranch land, which the state has an interest in buying. The property might have some endangered species on it or some endangered, imperiled wildlife habitat, which is very likely. It may be next to other conservation properties or open space. If so, the property provides a buffer to the conserved land.

These types of ranchland, timberland, or agricultural land are perfect candidates for conservation easements.

But the landowner he has needs to run his operation. The farmer needs to be able to conduct his cattle operations or farming operations, whatever he's doing on the property, somewhat unfettered. So, Saunders said, negotiations determine how those needs are met.

Saunders described more considerations in conservation easement negotiations.

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