By: Jim Strickland, published in Tampa Bay Times (January 27, 2017) – Beyond our beaches and theme parks lies a Florida still unknown to many — Florida’s ranchlands. Off the beaten track, these lands are our last frontier. I consider myself blessed to live and work as a rancher in this magical landscape we call…
Keeping You Informed of New IRS Notice 2017-10 “Listing Notice 2017-10” as to “Syndicated Conservation Easement Transactions” was issued by the Treasury Department last week and represents the IRS’s decision to more actively address abuses the Department and Agency see occurring with people or entities misusing or simply thwarting the valid conservation purposes of Section…
The 200 acre River West SC property, located less than 3 miles from downtown Greenville, includes beautiful pathways and bridges on the newly conserved land.
Ed Kulesa has made sure that the 101-acre farm on which he’s lived for 50 years will never be developed. He’s had offers from people who wanted to build a housing development and put in a gravel pit.
The threatened Gunnison sage grouse used to thrive on the sage brush plains in Dolores County. But as farms, roads, and subdivisions encroached on critical habitat, their numbers diminished, triggering action by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act last year.
Congress last week approved a bill that makes tax incentives permanent for agreements that conserve land and preserve open space. Lands conservancies are calling it the most important legislation in decades for their movement.
