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What is typical cost for conducting the appraisal and easement document?

Does the Town of Middlebury or the Town of Cornwall contribute to the Conservation Commissions in either town by taxing land transfers, property or something else?

what are costs of conservation easement maintenance and how are these funded?

What is the impact on local taxes following an easement?

The Charlotte Land Trust is also a small, non-staffed land trust. We do not own any land but we do hold about 15 easements…mostly fairly small amounts of land that fall below the threshold of what VLT would typically hold. If we work on larger projects, we usually do it in conjunction with VLT, TNC or some other conservation organization which will hold the easement. Charlotte does also have a conservation fund.

How long does it take to complete the appraisal and conservation easement?

Salisbury has just established a conservation fund.

Monkton has a Conservation Fund too.

There are 67 towns in Vermont that have Conservation Funds.

If UVA program might disincentivize land owners from pursuing a conservation easement that runs with land, have you (Land Trust people) found successful strategies for encouraging landowners to strengthen protection by moving from UVA to easement?

Our Conservation Commission has identified some priorities for easement (wildlife corridors, etc.) what is the best way to begin to communicate the value to landowners who might be in the area. Sessions like this?

have any municipalities had success passing millages to pay for conservation land acquisitions or easements?

Thank you! Great meeting.