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1. Voting for Public Funding of Open Space

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2006
   Jeffrey O. Sundberg

   Over one thousand conservation referenda have been on ballots across the country between 2000 and 2005. More than three-quarters of them have been approved by voters. This public form of land...

2. Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2006
   Jeffrey O. Sundberg and Richard F. Dye

   A variety of tax incentives encourage property owners to place conservation easements on their property. This paper calculates sample tax effects for a range of tax incentives and shows that many...

3. The Value of Open Space

   Evidence from Studies of Nonmarket Benefits
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2005
   Virginia McConnell and Margaret Walls

   Open space provides a range of benefits to citizens of a community, beyond the benefits that accrue to private landowners. Parks and natural areas can be used for recreation; wetlands and forests...

4. Assessing Land Encumbered by Conservation Restrictions

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2003
   James J. Czupryna, ASA

   The assessment of land in Massachusetts encumbered by conservation restrictions was not a particular problem in the past since most towns tended to assess large tracts of land at comparatively low...

5. Public Values and Conservation Land

   A Case Study of the Norumbega Project, Weston, MA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 1999
   Charles J. Fausold

   This paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts....