LOGISTICAL AND TAX-RELATED OBSTACLES TO COORDINATING CONSERVATION LAND ASSEMBLAGES

Assembling large tracts of property in the for-profit and non-profit sectors can offer a bigger opportunity than any one parcel could offer on its own. But even though for-profit developers regularly aggregate plots over short periods of time, conservation groups almost never succeed in aggregating property over the short term. Conservation assemblages, if they happen at all, tend to take many years or even decades. This Article will summarize the opportunities and challenges presented by conservation assemblages, including the logistical and tax-related obstacles faced by conservation groups. The Article includes two case studies of successful conservation assemblages which illustrate the complexity involved and the opportunity available to professionals able to bring these projects together.