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Make it permanent.
Protection is not a one-off purchase. It is surveyed, drafted, recorded, and then checked every year for as long as the land exists. That is what your gift pays for.
Where it goes
What your gift actually pays for
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Before the easement
The survey and the baseline
Every easement starts with a documented record of exactly what is there on the day it is signed — boundaries, buildings, habitat, condition. Without a baseline there is nothing to enforce against later.
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At signing
The legal drafting
Each easement is negotiated for one specific property and one specific family, then recorded at the county courthouse. That is legal work, and it is not cheap.
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Every year after
The annual monitoring visit
Somebody walks the ground, compares it against the baseline, and writes it up. Forever. This is the obligation PLT takes on the day an easement is signed, and it is the one your gift keeps funded.
PLT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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