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Conservation Easements Guide

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Acquisition of Land & Easements
- Appraisals
- Conservation Easements
  - Baseline Documentation
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  - Conservation Easement Implementation Guides
- Doing Deals
- Farmland Preservation
- Model Legal Documents including Easements
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- Trail & Public Access Easements

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  - Referenda Results
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- Public Opinion Surveys & Polls
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  - Conducting Cost of Community Service Analyses
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Non-Regulatory Government Options
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- 2009 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference
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Land Use Planning
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- Design and Vision
  - Street and Transportation Design
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- Build Out Analysis

Print Versions of ConservationTools.org Guides

Miscellaneous

Riparian Buffer Protection

Org./Source: Brandywine Conservancy

http://www.brandywineconservancy.org/conservation_easments/

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Topic tags: Conservation Easements

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