Conservation Easements Podcast Episode

[Big Fin]

It's taken some time for me to get to this project, but it has been on my list for a couple years. Given many Montana elected officials have decided it's time to attack conservation easements in Montana, I made it a priority to get this one done. Thanks to Jennifer and Kendall for joining me.

Between just RMEF and MRL, immense amounts of property has been conserved by willing landowners who enter into donations or sales of their property rights. I think this podcast does a good job of explaining the basics of CEs and why they can be so effective in the right situation. And hopefully it leaves people questioning elected officials who are opposed to CEs, which is an opposition to allowing a property owner to do what they want with their property.


Episode Description....

Randy discusses conservation easements with Jennifer Doherty of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Kendall Van Dyk of Montana Land Reliance, both who have extensive careers helping private landowners conserve their landscapes with conservation easements (CE). Topics covered include CEs, CEs as one of many tools working landowners need, willing-seller/donor exercising one of their property rights, when a CE is the best tool, a CE isn't always the solution, tax issues involving CEs, myths around CEs, the role CEs play to conserve lands on vast and expensive landscape, and many other topics about keeping working lands in working hands.

You can listen or download at this link, or get wherever you get your podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...tical-landscapes/id1012713381?i=1000683459802

We also have a tab at the top of the forum page called "Hunt Talk Radio" that will take you directly to our podcast page.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Thanks to Jennifer, Kendall, and Big Fin for an extensive, informative discussion and explanation of conservation easements, with great examples of the benefits to all, interjected with an appropriate sprinkle of humerous Newberg political sarcasm.

 

[Forkyfinder]

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