Learn about easements, including types like utility and private, their functions, and effects on real estate values, and why ...

Farmers in the Prairie Pothole region are calling for the Fish and Wildlife Service to rescind a 2024 rule requiring they keep from installing drain tile within a certain distance from wetlands ...

When you buy a home, the property will undergo a title search to ensure no legal issues are stopping you from becoming the new owner. When you receive the title search, you might see that the property ...

The Internal Revenue Service has yet again publicly reiterated its commitment to challenge syndicated conservation easement transactions—transactions that it has, in recent years, labeled as “listed” ...

An easement is a common finding during a title search, the crucial step in the homebuying process that confirms the seller’s legal ownership of the property and uncovers any claims or restrictions ...

Montana officials are proactive in their efforts to conserve approximately 48,000 acres of private timberland. This proposed ...

A Tennessee conservation easement donor had ample opportunities to contest a disputed land valuation before going to court, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, even though the IRS paused the case after ...

In 2002, musician Dave Matthews acquired 1,261 acres of farmland in Virginia, ensuring its protection through a permanent open-space easement that prohibits any kind of development. This initiative ...

Another chunk of private forest near Mount Spokane is now protected from development. More than 7,400 acres of Inland Empire Paper Co. property in Spokane County was placed under a permanent ...

A Texas jury handed one ranching family roughly 330 times what a pipeline company offered, but the real financial trap for ...