An easement is a right to make some specific use of land owned by another. Because easements involve the easement owner using land owned by someone else and because it is human nature to value and ...

In my last column, I discussed eminent domain and the rights of energy developers related to pipeline easements. I explained that there are situations in which developers can use eminent domain ...

Boulder County has a proud agricultural heritage and has administered the conservation easement program for over 40 years. These easements are designed to protect agricultural land, serve as buffers ...

Q: What homeowners’ association activity is allowed within “access easements” and “lake maintenance easements?” We own the title to our lots but these easements against our property are set forth in ...

A pair of Rattlesnake property owners want to donate their land as a conservation easement, and it looks like many at the city of Missoula are on board. Connie Poten and Andy Sponseller are proposing ...

Our office routinely handles utility takings, which often involve partial takings of easements for transmission lines or pipelines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the ...

The Little Traverse Conservancy invites farmers to join its Farmland Conservation Initiative, preserving land from development while maintaining private ownership.

When she preserved the first farm in Lancaster County, the late Frances Bear, a Martic Township environmentalist, said, "I wanted other people to get the idea." Since Bear donated the preservation ...

The Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC) is asking farmers across its five-county service area to join the effort to protect the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana House on Tuesday passed a bill amended to add restrictions to prescriptive easements ...

A husband and wife donated their second conservation easement in September, adding to a designated “Rural Enhancement Area” ...

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