PRESS ROOMMEDIA COVERAGE ARCHIVE

Preserving Land and Private Ownership

“It’s really exciting for real estate professionals to understand what a conservation easement can do,” says Dan Wagner, senior vice president of government relations for The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. in Oak Brook, Ill., and a board member of The Conservation Foundation and the REALTORS® Land Institute. “Whether you practice commercial or residential real estate—or some combination—“you know that a house near a park or a preserve will sell for more,” he says, “and [preserved land] also raises the value for the entire community.”