Last year J. Walley wrote six critical articles on conservation easements that were published nationally by several leading publications. The articles expose how landowners are duped, and even forced into giving up the major portion of their property rights.
Examples are mineral rights or water rights.
Your development rights prevalently constitute the most valuable portion of your entire property rights package. Commonly, when you sell or give a conservation easement, that is what you, your heirs and all future owners lose. The right to develop the property, and in numerous cases the right to use portions of your land and its resources. A small fee will be requested to cover shipping and handling.