Aiken Land Conservancy Inc

“Each easement and owned preserved property is monitored on the ground at least one year out of five. The majority of properties not monitored on the ground are monitored by aerial photographs obtained from a service or from the county gis site. Monitoring consists of photographing and locating all structures documented in the initial baseline report (as updated) and any structures anticipated by the reserved rights sections of the ce. The absence of prohibited activities is confirmed. Conservation elements specific to site -- plant and animal life and water and soil conditions -- are recorded. As part of the annual process, the accumulated file on each property is reviewed and ownership and acreage is checked against county records. Any enforecement issue is referred to the board.”

“In conformity with the practice followed by many land trusts, conservation easements purchased or donated are not recorded as assets in the statement of financial position. All easements acquired by purchase are recorded as conservation activity expenses in the statement of activities. Costs incurred to obtain the easements are recorded as current expenses.”

“Monitoring, maintenance, and other activities related to preserving land conservation easements.”

“Brodie preserve 8/2024: the successor grantor obtained the”

“Property after the levees for the two impoundments on the property failed. He restored them at his own expense. He asked that two ancillary buildings in the flood plane be relocated to higher, cleared land, with no increases in size, when finances permitted. We asked for guidance from the land trust alliance, the aiken land trusts(alc) accreditation organization, and they agreed the proposal was reasonable and did not violate alcs amendment policy.”