Surveys fifteen states that have created income tax credits to encourage the creation and donation of conservation easements.
Surveys the complex body of state and federal law that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.
The NCED contains records for more than 130,000 conservation easements encumbering more than 24 million acres of land.
Established in 1987 to conduct research designed to reduce the environmental harms of agriculture and to help promulgate sustainable practices.
Outlines a research agenda for carbon sequestration, including a chapter on changes in agricultural practices that enhance soil carbon storage.
Describes a 17‐point action plan to advance organic agriculture through research, development, innovation and technology transfer.
The state objected to Jordan Cove Energy Project’s certification of the LNG project as consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Program.
New Jersey banned offshore oil drilling in 2018 with the “Shore Tourism and Ocean Protection from Offshore Oil and Gas Act.”
Maine banned offshore oil exploration in 2019 through LD 955.
Oregon’s SB 256 (2019) repealed the sunset provision on the state’s offshore oil moratorium, effectively banning the practice permanently.