What are a land trusts responsibilities regarding conservation easements?
The land trust is responsible for enforcing the restrictions within the easement document. Therefore, the land trust monitors the property on a regular basis to determine that the property remains in the condition prescribed by the easement document. The land trust maintains written records of each monitoring visit. These visits also provide the landowner and land trust a chance to keep in touch and maintain a healthy working relationship. Many land trusts establish endowments to pay for long-term stewardship of the easements they hold.
