Keyword: Conservation Easements

Redi Reports

Economic impact of future federal conservation easement investments on (rural) Colorado communities

June 2020

Investment in Colorado’s currently pending agricultural conservation easement projects could generate $195 million in new economic activity in the state. This new economic activity creates 1,233 new jobs at an average wage of $50 thousand per year and $97 million in additional economic value (e.g., profits, wages, interest, rent, taxes) in Financial stimulus of this kind is of critical importance now in view of the effects of the current public health pandemic on the financial health of the agriculture sector.…

Redi Reports

Alternative methods for substantiating payments for conservation easements in Colorado

October 2020

Colorado House Bill 19-1264 is to investigate an alternative method to establish the amount of tax credits for which a qualified conservation easement contribution would be eligible. Conservation easements can be valued based on the expected estimated value of lost opportunity the landowner is suffering to convey the easement or the expected estimated value of the benefits to society from the ecosystem services protected or nurtured by the easement.…

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