Baseline Documentation

Baseline documentation is developed in advance of a conservation easement’s establishment to document the condition of the property to be eased. The documentation identifies the conservation values to be protected and provides a baseline against which subsequent changes to the land may be recognized. This guide explores the baseline’s purposes, the content needed to support these purposes, and considerations for implementation. WeConservePA guide. 10 pages.

When a real estate transaction document needs to be reviewed, edited, or approved by more than one person, good document management and control practices help prevent time-consuming missteps and confusion for all the parties involved. WeConservePA guide. 3 pages.

The Model Baseline Documentation Acknowledgment helps ensure that baseline documentation materials are properly identified and certified for optimal long-term legal effect, regardless of how they are captured, formatted, or compiled. It does not suggest or prescribe practices for the collection, preparation, compilation, or formatting of baseline documentation or its constituent materials.(Note that the guide Baseline Documentation explains the core purposes and potential secondary functions of baseline documentation, and identifies, in turn, material that is generally necessary, potentially (but not necessarily) useful, and generally inadvisable to include.)