HOW WE PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND
The Nova Scotia Farmland Trust Society ("NSFLTS") is authorized under the Nova Scotia Community Easements Act to enter into agreements with landowners, creating easements conserving, preserving or protecting agricultural land and adjacent land on which easements may be accepted under the Act. Those adjacent lands are described under the Act as follows:
(a) natural, scenic or open space land;
(b) archaeological, paleontological, historic or cultural values land;
(c) working-forest land; and
(d) restored or enhanced wetlands.
The easements may remain in effect forever. NSFLTS may also acquire ownership of agricultural land and adjacent land described above. Easements and land may be donated to NSFLTS as a charitable donation. Subject to the availability of funding, NSFLTS may also purchase easements and land, either at market value or at reduced sales price with the difference between the purchase price and market value being a charitable donation.
Conservation easements are a wonderful tool for landowners who wish to ensure their lands remain available for agriculture, or in part for agriculture and in part for forestry or set aside for the other purposes described above. There is no required form of conservation easement. Easements may reflect the particular preferences of the landowner,
The process involved in the creation of a conservation easement requires a fair amount of effort on the part of NSFLTS and a meaningful amount of time from initial expressions of interest, until registration of a conservation easement in the Provincial land registry. So, we would urge those owners with an interest in protecting their land, to contact us sooner rather than later.
If you have any interest in protecting your land, we invite you to contact us. Although we cannot provide any legal or tax advice, we would be pleased to provide answers to your questions about conservation easements, donations of land and the NSFLTS. Please call or email Mark Tipperman, chair of our Acquisition Committee if you may have any interest in protecting your land. Telephone: 902-542-0555 or email: [email protected]
If you would like more information about conservation easements for agricultural land, or agricultural and adjacent land described above, please click on the link below to download our fact sheet.
(a) natural, scenic or open space land;
(b) archaeological, paleontological, historic or cultural values land;
(c) working-forest land; and
(d) restored or enhanced wetlands.
The easements may remain in effect forever. NSFLTS may also acquire ownership of agricultural land and adjacent land described above. Easements and land may be donated to NSFLTS as a charitable donation. Subject to the availability of funding, NSFLTS may also purchase easements and land, either at market value or at reduced sales price with the difference between the purchase price and market value being a charitable donation.
Conservation easements are a wonderful tool for landowners who wish to ensure their lands remain available for agriculture, or in part for agriculture and in part for forestry or set aside for the other purposes described above. There is no required form of conservation easement. Easements may reflect the particular preferences of the landowner,
The process involved in the creation of a conservation easement requires a fair amount of effort on the part of NSFLTS and a meaningful amount of time from initial expressions of interest, until registration of a conservation easement in the Provincial land registry. So, we would urge those owners with an interest in protecting their land, to contact us sooner rather than later.
If you have any interest in protecting your land, we invite you to contact us. Although we cannot provide any legal or tax advice, we would be pleased to provide answers to your questions about conservation easements, donations of land and the NSFLTS. Please call or email Mark Tipperman, chair of our Acquisition Committee if you may have any interest in protecting your land. Telephone: 902-542-0555 or email: [email protected]
If you would like more information about conservation easements for agricultural land, or agricultural and adjacent land described above, please click on the link below to download our fact sheet.
2021-12-05_fact_sheet.pdf |