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Pennsylvania Model Documents

The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association is pleased to provide this growing and regularly updated set of state-of-the-art model documents. The expansive (and must-read) commentaries cover alternative and optional provisions and the reasoning behind it all.

If you have suggestions for improvements, please contact Andy Loza
at 717-230-8560 or aloza@conserveland.org.


The Pennsylvania Conservation Easement gives users maximum flexibility while minimizing the potential for drafting errors during customization. The model provides for three levels of protection to deal with differing needs across a property, but one or two of these levels can easily be removed for simpler projects.
Downloads
Model Document (9/26/07) Provisional Edition
PDF MS Word Rich Text Format (RTF)
Commentary (9/26/07) Provisional Edition PDF MS Word
Updates to the PA Conservation Easement
(comparing editions of 4/20/06 and 9/26/07)
PDF MS Word

The Riparian Forest Buffer Protection Agreement is a single-purpose document, designed for protecting a narrow ribbon of land along a waterway. The model could be used in combination with or independent of CREP.
Downloads
Model Document (11/28/2005)
PDF MS Word Rich Text Format (RTF)
Commentary (11/28/2005)
PDF MS Word

The Trail Easement provides trail and conservation groups, government and landowners with a state-of-the-art access agreement.
Downloads
Model Document (9/26/07) Provisional Edition
PDF MS Word
Commentary (9/26/07) Provisional Edition PDF MS Word
This model easement provides a framework for conservation organizations and governmental entities to build cooperative relationships with private landowners to ensure responsible fishing opportunities for the public while keeping properties in the control of the owners.
Downloads
Model Document (9/26/07) Provisional Edition PDF MS Word
Commentary (9/26/07) Provisional Edition PDF MS Word
Water Quality Improvement Easement
The Water Quality Improvement Easement was developed to help secure long-term access through and to property for the purpose of remediating the effects of abandoned mine drainage.
Downloads
Model Document (7/15/05)
Commentary (7/15/05)
Under construction.


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