Most conservation easement deeds are designed to prohibit subdivision, and when a division in land ownership or threat thereof occurs, land trusts are charged with maintaining unified ownership, usually with the support of legal counsel. Mike Okma, manager of easement stewardship at the accredited Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, and Sarah Sheeran, stewardship director at the accredited Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, discuss two real-life subdivision cases, the implications for impermissible private benefit and federal tax deductions, the strategies they employed to successfully resolve these easement violations and lessons learned along the way.
This event is part of the Land Trust Alliance and Terrafirma’s annual risk management webinar series. If your organization is a Terrafirma member and anyone on your staff or board attends this webinar, your organization will receive the Terrafirma risk management discount for the 2025 policy year.
Please register on the LTA website.