Conservation Transactions

Our national reputation in Estate Planning and Tax extends to the cross-disciplinary field of land conservation. Whether representing a land trust or a landowner, we know how to bring into focus the tax, economic, real estate and practical issues that must be resolved to protect our natural resources.

In addition to providing a financial return through payments and tax benefits, conservation transactions also provide land-use professionals with an approach to managing certain regulatory requirements of federal and state agencies, and position projects to tap emerging ecosystem services markets, such as carbon sequestration markets and watershed services programs.

We provide both institutional and individual clients with practical and tested strategies to achieve the highest level of coordinated conservation and financial planning.

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass is working on conservation transactions totaling more than 200,000 acres nationally.

• Projects inside California include the following counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Orange, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Sonoma and Yuba counties.
• Projects Outside California include: American Samoa, Ontario Canada, Colorado, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Wyoming.