Conservation Easements May Be The Answer

Contact Conservation & Preservation Counsel and speak with CPC conservation easment attorney James L. Olmsted to negotiate and draft conservation easements for land trusts, landowners, land developers and government.  CPC also assists land trusts in easement enforcment, fee title purchase and sale transactions and compliance with LTA Accreditations Policy and LTA Standards and Practices.  Conservation & Preservation Counsel can also assist land trusts and landowners in historic preservation, protection of Native American cultural resources, property tax reduction and creation and sale of carbon offests.  CPC is also a leader in negotiating and drafting perpetual conservation easements that address multiple on-the-ground changes resulting from global warming and global climate change. 

 CPC Drafts Conservation Easements

Today, more than ever, our natural and agricultural landscapes are threatened by development pressure.  Even in the best of circumstances, protecting land through use of environmental laws can result in expensive, contentious, and time-consuming litigation. Fortunately, there are other tools in the land protection toolbox, namely the use of perpetual conservation easements and fee title acquisition. While Conservation & Preservation Counsel Jim Olmsted can assist clients in land use and environmental litigation, CPC's preferred area of practice is working with land trusts and landowners to develop and implement perpetual conservation easements and deed restrictions that protect our most precious lands in perpetuity.  For example, conservation easements can be used to protect natural habitats, wildlife, endangered species, biodiversity, open spaces, scenic vistas, recreational areas and Native American cultural resources.  Such transactions can result in win-win outcomes for land trusts, landowners and developers. 

 Carbon Offset Marketing

CPC's scope of representation has recently expanded to assisting land trusts and landowners develop and market carbon offsets to fight the effects of global warming and global climate change.  Carbon offsets can be achieved in many ways, from avoided deforestation to afforestation (planting trees). Jim also represents carbon aggregators who have purchased carbon offsets and seek a market in which to sell them. For an update on the national carbon market, view the home page of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX).  For internet explanations of how the CCX and other carbon trading markets work, see these sites: "Carbon Primer: The Chicago Climate Exchange"; "Dow Jones CCX Emissions Indexes: Tracking and Trading in the Burgeoning 'Climate Industry'"; "How the Chicago Climate Exchange Works"; "How Carbon Trading Works"; "The California Climate Action Registry"; "The Climate Registry: A Sister Organization of the California Climate Action Registry".  For additional helpful information on carbon markets, see these sites: "The Carbon Neutral Company"; "COCO2: Making Websites Carbon Neutral".