Types of Easements and Funding

1. Donated Easements - when the landowner donates the purchase price of the conservation easement for significant tax benefits.
   
   
2. Funded Easements – when the purchase price of the conservation easement is paid for by one or more funding organizations, groups or agencies. This still offers tax benefits to the landowner.

• Below is a list of agencies and conservation minded groups that have worked with the Rangeland Trust to fund and collaborate on Conservation Easements:
• American Land Conservancy
• California Department of Conservation
• Caltrans
  
• Department of Fish and Game
• Feather River Land Trust
• Land Trust of Santa Barbara County
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Sierra Business Council
• The Nature Conservancy
• Trust for Public Land
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• USDA, Farm and Ranchland Protection Fund
• Wildlands Inc.
• Wildlife Conservation Board
• Yolo Land Trust
  

3. Mitigation Easements – help to offset expected adverse impacts of development on loss of farmland, habitat or riparian areas. Paid for by the developer or mitigating group.
   
   
4. Combination Easement – The ranchers’ needs may require the blending of any combination of the above three easement types.