U.S. Sen. Schumer pushes for permanent land conservation tax break

"Conservation easement donations by landowners across the country increased by a third, to one million acres a year, since the enhanced federal incentive first passed," said Rand Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance who spoke at Schumer's press conference. With this smart, bipartisan policy, farmers, ranchers and private forest owners can afford to make a critical choice — to preserve ... http://ift.tt/1ARW9pa