LandChoices: Opportunities for Landowners to Preserve Their Land

Land Choices: Changing Development in America

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Protect your cherished land

Cherished lands, cherished moments. LandChoices is reaching out to landowners, providing choices that preserve their family lands and most dearest memories.

Why is LandChoices needed?
The lands that make up your community are special. Yet these lands are likely owned by heirs eager to sell, or landowners who need to sell to fund retirement. And chances are, they are not aware of any other choices beyond selling their land for development.

"The biggest problem land conservation faces in this country is that private landowners are not getting enough information. Up to 90% of landowners are not aware of any other options beyond selling their land for development." Learn more
Boston tax attorney Steve Small, the nation's leading authority on private land protection options

Aging Landowners
"The principal private landowners in this country are older, 55 and older, even 65 years of age and older. Over the next fifteen to twenty years, millions and millions of acres of land will change hands, and potentially change use, as these older landowners plan for, or don't plan for, what's going to happen to their land." Learn more
Boston tax attorney Steve Small

New Tax Incentives
Congress has extended tax incentives. Learn more

You can help landowners preserve land today!

One Page Fact Sheet
Land Protection Options
for Landowners (PDF)

One Page Fact Sheet
Land Preservation Agreement (PDF)
(conservation easement)

Save Land, Save Money!
Congress extends new tax incentives through 2009 for easement donors (PDF)

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Preserve Your Land

How LandChoices is reaching landowners
LandChoices is harnessing the power of the media. Through press releases, feature articles, TV and radio interviews and spots and more, we are reaching thousands of landowners, directing them to this website, and helping them preserve their beloved lands.