What public benefits will be assured through sale of a conservation easement?
There is an array of environmental and community benefits associated with the sale of a conservation easement. The easement will be acquired and held by The Conservation Fund. The Fund is an independent nonprofit conservation group that has conserved 6 million acres across the United States including nearly 40,000 acres in the Garcia, Salmon Creek and Big River watersheds. The Conservation Fund and RFFI created the proposed conservation easement. RFFI believes that the most important public benefit of selling an easement is assuring that the Usal Redwood Forest will remain as working forest in perpetuity.
