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Gettysburg casino: A loser for the landscape of the Chesapeake Watershed
by alfks
Historical and ecological conservation overlap in the work of many land conservancies and allied efforts. Sometimes an issue comes up that challenges the values behind that vital connection in a pa...
Songs of Life
by Sally Zaino
One summer, I rode my bike down a country road, which was lined by assorted levels of development. For five minutes I was zooming by green carpets of lawn, artful landscaping and blacktop driveways...
the pushmi-pullyu of pennsylvania land policy
by alfks
So on Sunday we were in Beaverland in Snyder County, first at an Orthodox house-church service in Beavertown where our oldest Nick afterward gave a rendition of the story of Joseph during coffee ho...
Emotions—Your Connection to the Land
by thomal
Landowners interested in conserving their properties do so for various reasons.  Some are logical—the land is adjacent to a state park, state forest, game lands, or other existing open space, so wh...
Kids, McKibben and Climate Change
by Krista Gromalski
This group of cheerful children had something to say about land protection as they performed to the Woody Guthrie tune, “This Land is Your Land” by singing, “This land is our land. It’s not a gasla...

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“Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.”
— Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592)
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Model Easements

When using a model easement, please review the associated commentary!  The commentary provides optional and alternative easement provisions as well as guidance in applying the model to particular circumstances.

Contact the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association to submit suggestions for future editions. Please also consider sending the Association a testimonial.

Pennsylvania Conservation Easement

Used by most land trusts, municipalities and landowners in Pennsylvania, the model is continuously tested and regularly reviewed for potential improvement.

Trail Easement Agreement

Secures public access for hiking, biking and other trail uses while respecting the needs of the landowners providing the access. Used widely in and outside of Pennsylvania.

Grant of Trail Easement

The Grant of Trail Easement is brief -- one page (exclusive of signatures) as compared to nearly five for the Trail Easement Agreement. The Grant of Trail Easement is provided in recognition that brevity is sometimes the paramount concern of landowners. If establishing certainty as to landowner and holder rights and responsibilities and other trail matters is of significant concern, the Trail Easement Agreement is the better choice.

Fishing Access Agreement

Ensures responsible fishing opportunities for the public and conservation of riparian areas while keeping a property in the control of the landowner.

Water Quality Improvement Easement

Secures long-term access through and to property for the purpose of remediating the effects of abandoned mine drainage.

Riparian Forest Buffer Protection Agreement

A single-purpose tool, designed for protecting a narrow ribbon of land along a waterway to protect water quality.


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The people of the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association envision a prosperous Pennsylvania, where communities know that their treasured green places will endure. We envision a Commonwealth where the lands that guarantee our water quality are safeguarded; where every child can safely play at a nearby park; where our productive farmland and forests are protected, securing our food and timber supply; and where wild places are preserved for wildlife and people.

Thank you to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for supporting the Association’s conservation efforts.

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