Are economically productive uses still allowed under a conservation easement?
Yes. If a piece of property can produce income for its owners and still retain its conservation values, it is more likely to be protected through time. As Janet Diehl and Thomas S. Barrett note in The Conservation Easement Handbook, “The ability of the grantor [landowner] to make economically viable, productive uses of the property may be as important to the long-term preservation of the open space character of the land as the easement itself.
