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LAND
Saving Family Lands: Challenges and Opportunities for Working Lands in Texas
Texas is losing rural land at a faster rate than any other state. With over 1 million acres of working lands having been lost between 1997 and 2012, many landowners are seeking a means to protect their land from a similar fate. This presentation will begin with an overview of current land trends in Texas using data compiled by Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute’s Texas Land Trends Study, and will suggest the use of agricultural conservation easements for facilitating permanent protection of working lands and their associated legacies. Options associated with conservation easements and the processes involved with their development and implementation will be discussed in detail.
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Protected Lands of the Edwards Aquifer
Six County Protected Land Map
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Comal County Protected Land Map
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Impacts of Growth in Comal County, by members of LWV-CA.
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Land Conservation Menu: Model Projects, Options & Opportunities
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What Is A Conservation Easement?
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Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).
Texas-based attorney, Jim Bradbury, and West Virginia University Law Professor, Jesse Richardson, talk details, pros, and cons of conservation easements. Check it out if you are interested in learning more about CEs and how they work.
Learn more here.
Learn more here.
Farming Assistance for Veterans
Veterans can get farming assistance covering land, equipment, and training from USDA.
Learn more here.
Veterans can get farming assistance covering land, equipment, and training from USDA.
Learn more here.
WORKSHOPS
CCCA & HCA Host "Saving Family Lands" Workshop in Comal County
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Spring Branch, Texas — Comal County Conservation Alliance (CCCA) and Hill Country Alliance co-hosted the workshop, "Saving Family Lands: Tools for Landowners in Comal County," on February 15, 2019 at the Anhalt Dance Hall in Spring Branch, Texas.
The one-day workshop, which highlighted financial and conservation tools available to rural landowners in fast-growing Hill Country counties, attracted ninety attendees. The workshop was designed to provide farmers, ranchers, and other landowners with effective tools and resources to help them address issues inherent in passing family land on to future generations.
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| Margaret Menicucci Braun & Gresham Attorneys at Law “Conservation Basics & Income and Estate Tax Benefits” |
| Chris Abernathy Texas Parks and Wildlife Department “Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program” |
| Shane Kiefer, CWB Plateau Land & Wildlife Management “Introduction to Wildlife Management Property Tax Valuation” |