Conservation Easement Drafting & Documentation : Chapter 2

All land and easement projects are individually planned so that the property’s important conservation values are identified and protected, the project furthers the land trust’s mission and goals, and the project reflects the capacity of the organization to meet future stewardship obligations. This practice calls for each project to be tailored to the specifics of the property through some form of project planning. The process may take the form of an actual project plan, a completed project planning data sheet, or may be reflected in the correspondence, maps or other documents related to the project. The formal or informal project plan becomes the guide for the next steps in the protection process.