Professional Landowner Advisors

For a list of appraisers known by MET to be familiar with appraisal of land for conservation easements go to:

http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/download/appraise.pdf

For a list of attorneys known by MET to be familiar with conservation easements go to:

http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/download/attorney.pdf

To view a copy of A Simplified Guide to the Tax Benefits of Donating a Conservation Easement by Timothy Lindstrom, Esq. at the Jackson Hole Land Trust website go to:

http://jhlandtrust.org/our_work/tax_guide.php
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Maryland Environmental Trust
Local Land Trusts
Tax Benefits
Easement Donation Process
Appraisal Guidelines
Maryland Historical Trust
Professional Landowner Advisor
IN THEIR OWN WORDS

What motivates landowners to protect their land? Hear what landowners say about why they donated or sold a permanent conservation easement on their land.

"Our easement means a great deal in terms of our interest in the farm -- we really value the open space and are very much interested in protecting it. It also fits into a larger puzzle: Our 286-acre farm boarders Sugarloaf mountain and when we put it under easement, we invited a bunch of neighbors in to discuss the MET program. As a result two of our neighbors put in their farms in easement and that added something like 1,600 acres to the total picture, all adjoining. The complete picture has meant a lot to us to know that this patchwork of open space will be protected."

Law B. Watkins, Montgomery County, Maryland. MET Easement recorded in 1976.
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