Updates for the last year : WeConservePA Library

updated 01/16/26

Open Space Program Handbook

added 01/16/26

Interest in Real Property

added 12/12/25

Creating a Micro-Forest: A Step by Step Guide

updated 12/05/25

Environmental and Possible Human Health Risks of Artificial Athletic Turf

added 11/25/25

Environmental and Possible Human Health Risks of Artificial Athletic Turf

updated 11/19/25

Schuylkill Township Clean Energy Resolution

updated 11/19/25

Radnor Township EAC Greenhouse Gas Plan Resolution

updated 11/18/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 11/13/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 11/12/25

The Problem with Non-Perpetual Conservation Easements

updated 11/12/25

The Problem with Non-Perpetual Conservation Easements

added 11/12/25

Receiving unsolicited offers to purchase your land?

added 11/12/25

Receiving unsolicited offers to purchase your land?

updated 10/22/25

Not a Charitable Trust: The Donated Conservation Easement in Pennsylvania

updated 10/22/25

Delineating Conservation Easement Boundaries and Protection Areas

updated 10/22/25

Amend OR Amend and Restate: Matching Approach to Situation When Making Changes to a Conservation Easement

updated 10/22/25

Guide to the Conservation and Preservation Easements Act: Pennsylvania Act 29 of 2001

added 10/21/25

WeConservePA Participation Agreements

updated 10/16/25

Model Naturalized Landscape Ordinance with Commentary

updated 10/15/25

Conservation Easements: An Introduction for Private Landowners

updated 10/15/25

Conservation Easements

updated 10/14/25

Federal Tax Deductibility of Conservation Easement Donations

updated 09/20/25

Overview of Pennsylvania’s Recreational Use of Land and Water Act

updated 09/17/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 09/16/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 08/22/25

The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania

updated 08/13/25

New Model Documents for Conservation Easement Administration

updated 08/13/25

Tree Ordinance

added 08/11/25

Strategic Consulting Partners

updated 08/08/25

Model Correction to Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 08/08/25

Correcting Errors in Recorded Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 08/08/25

Correcting Errors in Recorded Grants of Conservation Easement

added 07/25/25

New Model Documents for Conservation Easement Administration

updated 07/15/25

Adding to Land Under Conservation Easement

updated 07/15/25

Model Amendment of Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 07/15/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 07/15/25

Model Naturalized Landscape Ordinance with Commentary

added 06/27/25

Correcting Errors in Recorded Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 06/20/25

Model Correction to Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 06/19/25

Adding to Land Under Conservation Easement

added 06/19/25

Model Correction to Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 06/13/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 06/12/25

Ethan Tapper's — What Does it Mean to Love A Forest?

updated 06/06/25

An Essential Guide to SWOT Analysis

updated 06/03/25

Model Baseline Documentation Acknowledgment with Commentary

updated 06/03/25

Community Visioning

updated 06/01/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 05/29/25

Model Stewardship Funding Covenant with Commentary

updated 05/28/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 05/21/25

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 05/21/25

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Binding Present and Future Landowners to Present Promises

updated 05/20/25

Making Restricted Gifts

added 05/19/25

The Problem with Non-Perpetual Conservation Easements

updated 05/05/25

Baseline Documentation

added 05/05/25

Baseline Documentation

updated 05/05/25

Land Protection 101

added 04/23/25

Land Protection 101

updated 04/22/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 04/22/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/22/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 04/21/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 04/21/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 04/21/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/21/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/21/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/21/25

Land Trust Standards and Practices

updated 04/21/25

A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes

updated 04/17/25

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

added 04/17/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/17/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/16/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/14/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

added 04/11/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/11/25

Chris Blaze, PLS

added 04/10/25

A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes

added 03/28/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

added 03/28/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/19/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 03/18/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 03/13/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 03/13/25

T.C. Memo. 2015-43: Balsam Mountain Investments, LLC

updated 03/12/25

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/12/25

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/12/25

Model Stewardship Cost Calculator

updated 02/27/25

Model Stewardship Cost Calculator

updated 02/13/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 02/13/25

Model Baseline Documentation Acknowledgment with Commentary

added 02/12/25

Baseline Documentation

updated 02/10/25

Pennsylvania Annual Trail Reports

updated 02/07/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 02/04/25

Project Planning Grants

added 02/04/25

2025 PA Land Conservation Conference Scholarships

added 01/24/25

Pass-Through Projects: A Land Conservation Roundtable

added 01/24/25

Conservation Easement Donation Agreements: When, Why, and How?