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Over 90% of your membership donation is used to support our mission of preserving and maintaining environmentally significant land in Waukesha County.  Your donations to the Waukesha County Land Conservancy are fully deductible.  Member Advantages

Conservation options available to landowners
Land trust agreements give interested landowners the opportunity to leave a legacy of unspoiled land and water resources through a variety of voluntary conservation options.

Conservation easements
A voluntary legal agreement between the landowner and land trust or government agency. It protects the conservation values of a piece of land by permanently limiting its present and future uses. This allows the landowner to retain ownership and use of his/her property and can be established to protect all or part of a property that has significant agricultural, historic, scenic or wildlife habitat resources.

More info on using the Conservation Tax Incentive
by the Land Trust Alliance.

Land donations
Donating land to a land trust is one of the finest legacies anyone can leave their community. Landowners who donate land to a land trust receive an income tax deduction for the full market value of the land. The donation may reduce federal estate tax liabilities and will eliminate the responsibility of property taxes.

Land purchases
Sometimes, land trusts pay full value for land they consider highly significant and extremely threatened by development. Conservation-minded landowners who use this method to sell their land gain peace of mind knowing it will be protected.

Limited development
This can mean dividing a parcel of land between areas protected by conservation easements and areas where reasonable development in allowed. The landowner can generate needed cash by selling or continuing to use a part of the land for profit and, at the same time, guarantee the protection of sections with conservation value.