12,400 acres conserved · 1.4M trees planted
Field office: Portland & Seattle
A plain-language explainer of the legal instrument that holds 12,400 acres in perpetuity.
Theo Asher
General Counsel · Portland, OR
A conservation easement is the closest thing American property law has to a forever promise. Here's what it can and can't do.
The full text of this dispatch will be available shortly. In the meantime, we've paired it with the relevant field metrics and a short note from the author.
Theo Asher
General Counsel, working out of Portland, OR.
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Lupe Carrasco · 6 min
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Dr. Nora Velez · 8 min