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JULT Applauds Renewal of agreement from 30% of their

income in any year to 50%; Strategic Conservation Plan
Conservation Tax Incentive Allows farmers and ranchers

T
he Jericho Underhill Land Right now, JULT is preparing for the have been working with a wildlife
to deduct up to 100% of their Trust has a broad conservation next ten years of land protection. We consultant to inventory important
income; and mission which includes need to be positioned and ready for natural areas. This data is significant

C
ongress recently renewed
a tax incentive for private
landowners who protect their
land with a voluntary conservation
easement agreement. The incentive,
which had expired at the end of
2009, helped JULT work with willing
landowners in our community
to conserve hundreds of acres of
meadow and forested areas between
2006 and 2009.
voluntary conservation agreement
to permanently protect important
natural or historic resources on their
land. When landowners donate a
conservation easement, they maintain
ownership and management of their
land and can sell or pass the land on
to their heirs, while foregoing future
development rights.
The enhanced incentive applies to a
landowner’s federal income tax. It:
Increases the number of years
over which a donor can take
deductions from 6 to 16 years.
Conservation easement agreements
have become an important tool
nationally for protecting our
watersheds, farms and forests,
increasing the pace of private land
conservation by a third – to over
a million acres a year. JULT joins
protecting our community’s working
landscape (farm and forest), scenic
vistas and important wildlife habitats.
Our land protection efforts over the
past eleven years have been diverse,
reflecting this expansive mission. Some
examples include the popular Mills
Riverside Park, the remote and rugged
Wolfrun Natural Area, spectacular
Casey’s Hill, and productive Kikas
Valley Farm and the Barber Farm.
any conservation opportunity. JULT
also needs to work proactively within
our community to identify vulnerable
wildlife habitats and corridors,
important natural areas and working
landscape. To this end, JULT board
member Trevor Squirrell has created
a sub-committee to develop a
strategic conservation plan. Over
the last several years the Jericho and
Underhill Conservation Commissions
and can help JULT prioritize our
conservation efforts. As chair of the
Underhill Conservation Commission
and member of the planning
commission, Trevor is uniquely
suited to gather all new information
about our towns’ wildlife and natural
areas. A strategic conservation plan
will better prepare JULT to carry out
our broad conservation mission well
into the future.

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now
now have until December 31, 2011 Raises the deduction a two million supporters in thanking

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to take advantage of a significant donor can take for donating Congress for making this important

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May 9, 2011 on your calendar for
JULT’s Annual Meeting at Underhill
Town Hall and an exceptional JULT ow n s , m a n ag e s an d pay s ta x e s on 683 ac r e s of l an d .
presentation by renowned wildlife A ll p ro p e rt i e s h av e p u b l i c ac c e s s .
expert and tracker Susan Morse as
our guest speaker. Her photography
is breathtaking, her experience JULT d e p e n d s on its m e m b e r s h i p for fin an c ia l s u p p o rt .
unparalleled. Learn fascinating W e r e c e i v e n o ot h er fu n d in g .
information about the deer of North
America including whitetail deer,
mule deer, moose, elk and caribou.
E xpec t a s pe c tac ul a r , i n d ept h a rt ic l e Remember to “Like”
Travel with Susan Morse throughout
abo ut t h e Barber Farm in the JULT on Facebook!
the northeast, The Rocky Mountain S um m e r 2011 is s u e of V e r m o n t L i f e .
west and arctic Canada as she films
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business meeting and Sue Morse’s
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For more information, call JULT at 899-2693. © Susan C. Morse
 2 Winter 2011 J e r i c h o -U n d e r h i l l L a n d T r u s t Land Trust News Winter 2011 3

JULT Applauds Renewal of agreement from 30% of their

income in any year to 50%; Strategic Conservation Plan
Conservation Tax Incentive Allows farmers and ranchers

T
he Jericho Underhill Land Right now, JULT is preparing for the have been working with a wildlife
to deduct up to 100% of their Trust has a broad conservation next ten years of land protection. We consultant to inventory important
income; and mission which includes need to be positioned and ready for natural areas. This data is significant

C
ongress recently renewed
a tax incentive for private
landowners who protect their
land with a voluntary conservation
easement agreement. The incentive,
which had expired at the end of
2009, helped JULT work with willing
landowners in our community
to conserve hundreds of acres of
meadow and forested areas between
2006 and 2009.
voluntary conservation agreement
to permanently protect important
natural or historic resources on their
land. When landowners donate a
conservation easement, they maintain
ownership and management of their
land and can sell or pass the land on
to their heirs, while foregoing future
development rights.
The enhanced incentive applies to a
landowner’s federal income tax. It:
Increases the number of years
over which a donor can take
deductions from 6 to 16 years.
Conservation easement agreements
have become an important tool
nationally for protecting our
watersheds, farms and forests,
increasing the pace of private land
conservation by a third – to over
a million acres a year. JULT joins
protecting our community’s working
landscape (farm and forest), scenic
vistas and important wildlife habitats.
Our land protection efforts over the
past eleven years have been diverse,
reflecting this expansive mission. Some
examples include the popular Mills
Riverside Park, the remote and rugged
Wolfrun Natural Area, spectacular
Casey’s Hill, and productive Kikas
Valley Farm and the Barber Farm.
any conservation opportunity. JULT
also needs to work proactively within
our community to identify vulnerable
wildlife habitats and corridors,
important natural areas and working
landscape. To this end, JULT board
member Trevor Squirrell has created
a sub-committee to develop a
strategic conservation plan. Over
the last several years the Jericho and
Underhill Conservation Commissions
and can help JULT prioritize our
conservation efforts. As chair of the
Underhill Conservation Commission
and member of the planning
commission, Trevor is uniquely
suited to gather all new information
about our towns’ wildlife and natural
areas. A strategic conservation plan
will better prepare JULT to carry out
our broad conservation mission well
into the future.

?
Conservation-minded landowners America’s 1,700 land trusts and their

now
now have until December 31, 2011 Raises the deduction a two million supporters in thanking

u K
to take advantage of a significant donor can take for donating Congress for making this important

Yo
tax deduction for donating a a voluntary conservation conservation tool available.

You’re Invited!
Please put the evening of
Did
JULT h a s c onserv ed ov e r 1,500 ac res s o far and cou nting .
May 9, 2011 on your calendar for
JULT’s Annual Meeting at Underhill
Town Hall and an exceptional JULT ow n s , m a n ag e s an d pay s ta x e s on 683 ac r e s o f l an d .
presentation by renowned wildlife A ll p ro p e rt i e s h av e pu b l ic ac c e s s .
expert and tracker Susan Morse as
our guest speaker. Her photography
is breathtaking, her experience JULT d e p e n d s o n its m e m b e r s h i p fo r fin an c ia l s u p p o rt .
unparalleled. Learn fascinating W e r e c e i v e n o ot h er fu n d in g .
information about the deer of North
America including whitetail deer,
mule deer, moose, elk and caribou.
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