Resources For Landowners

  • Agricultural Conservation Easements

    An agricultural conservation easement (restriction) is used by a landowner to protect productive agricultural land. The fact sheet describes the benefits and drawbacks of these agreements. View at: ww...

  • Bargain or Charitable Sales

    All about selling land, or an interest in land such as a conservation restriction, for less than fair market value to a nonprofit land trust or government agency when the land is to be used for a publ...

  • Beginning Farmer Resources

    A list and descriptions of workshops, grants & assistance programs, farmland access how-to, planning for a farm start-up, buy-local groups, legal resources, and much much more for beginning farmer...

  • Chapter 61 Current Use Tax Programs Overview

    There are three Ch. 61 programs. Each program provides a means to assess land at its current use (forest, agriculture, or open space/recreation) as opposed to its development value. This booklet expla...

  • Choices in Forest Management

    Whether you, your family or your organization owns a forest, or you are a professional charged with forest management for a local, county, state, or federal agency, it is important to understand the v...

  • Conservation Gifts

    All about donating land, or a conservation restriction on a piece of land, to a qualified land trust or governmental agency.

  • Conservation Land Tax Credit - Summary Sheet

    Summary prepared by The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts in February of 2013 based on final regulations at 301 CMR 14.00; please confirm with personal tax advisors or Dept. of Revenue. Update...

  • Conservation Restrictions for Agriculture

    This document gives an overview of agricultural conservation easements (conservation restrictions). The American Farmland Trust maintains a Farmland Information Center with much more detailed informat...

  • Determining the Value of Donated Property

    IRS publications help donors and appraisers determine the value of property (other than cash) that is given to qualified organizations. They also explain what kind of information you must have to supp...

  • Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool

    Learn about USDA disaster assistance programs that might be right for you by completing five simple steps. https://www.farmers.gov/protection-recovery/disaster-tool

  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program

    The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to plan and implement conservation practices that ...

  • Forest Conservation Fact Sheets

    Internet resources for the forest land owner in Massachusetts. View resources at: http://ag.umass.edu/cafe/fact-sheets/forest-conservation-fact-sheets

  • Greening Your Final Arrangements

    Green Burial Massachusetts provides current information on green burial practices at www.greenburialma.org/ Planning a green burial and use of a green cemetery. Article first appeared in Real Money ma...

  • How is Land Protected

    A brief overview of land conservation options provided by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. View article