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Whether you currently work with conservation easements or not, a clear understanding of how they function can significantly elevate your ability to serve land clients. 

In this session, we’ll break down what conservation easements are and how they impact title, explore key considerations for both buyers and sellers when a property is encumbered, and examine how easement-related incentives can motivate hesitant buyers to move forward. We’ll also cover the latest state and federal developments shaping the future of conservation easements to equip you with timely insights to better advise and advocate for your clients.
 

Speaker: Ariel Steele — Ariel Steele helps landowners preserve their land and gain financial rewards through conservation easement income tax credits in Colorado and New Mexico. Ariel started her career as an attorney in Los Angeles and moved to the Pacific Island nation of Palau to practice law there as well. She switched her focus to land conservation in 1999 when she started working for a county government in Colorado, where she concentrated on conservation easement transactions and stewardship. In 2005, she became the owner of Tax Credit Connection, Inc., where she continues to work with tax credits. Ariel has expertise in several transferable tax credit programs, including environmental remediation (brownfields) credits and historic rehabilitation credits. Ariel also presents around the country on topics ranging from the state and federal tax benefits when donating a conservation easement, how to avoid conservation easement audits, and the environmental remediation and historic preservation tax credit programs. She is helping to create new conservation incentives in several states and, as well on the federal level, in Congress.

For more information or questions, please contact Melissa Lutz, RLI Programming & Events Manager at mlutz@rliland.com or (312) 329-8574.