The law governing termination of donated conservation easements generally and appropriately discourages termination. Among the requirements is a judicial finding that it is impossible or impracticable to meet the purposes of the easement. Climate change and other large scale ecological events...

The terrain of private-land conservation dealmaking is shifting. As the number of acres of private land protected for conservation increases, our understanding of what it means for a property to be "conserved" is shifting. We examined 269 conservation easements and conducted 73 interviews with...

Conservation easements have emerged as an important tool for land trusts and government agencies aiming to conserve private land in the United States. Despite the increase in public investment in conservation easement acquisitions, little is known about their conservation outcomes, particularly...