On this episode, Robert Dudley interviews Ben Miles and Rex Linville from The Land Trust Alliance. The Land Trust Alliance represents 950 member organizations across the country that work to conserve land through tools like conservation easements. Conservation easements are voluntary, legally binding agreements between landowners and land trusts that restrict the use of the land to protect its conservation values. They can provide landowners with significant federal and state tax benefits, while ensuring the land remains undeveloped for future generations. The process of establishing a conservation easement typically takes several months and involves the landowner working closely with a local land trust to determine the goals for the property and draft the easement terms.