Stewardship
What happens after Closing?
After acquiring a conservation easement WAC, as Grantee, commits itself (under state and federal laws) to the annual stewardship of that easement in perpetuity. Stewardship refers to all aspects of managing a conservation easement including but not limited to monitoring, landowner relations (partnership), recordkeeping, processing landowner notifications and reserved right requests, and enforcement.
WAC’s Conservation Easements are designed to promote working landscapes. They permit activities such as agriculture, timber harvests, and blue stone quarrying so long as the approved plans to engage in such activities include sound conservation practices.
Stewardship Specialist
Post-closing, eased properties are assigned to a Stewardship Specialist. He/she serves as the primary contact for landowners, in matters pertaining to the management of their easement encumbered property. Stewardship Specialists are responsible for conducting annual ground and aerial monitoring, as well as processing all related stewardship activities and requests identified through the monitoring visits or landowner communications.
Stewardship Specialists also manage administrative work, which includes:
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Maintaining a stewardship file for each property.
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Maintaining Baseline Documentation Binder for each property
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Maintaining a record of utilized retained rights for each property.
Process After Closing
Documents and Resources
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