• Webinar 1: Getting started with conservation-based estate planning 
  Date: January 13th
  Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
  Speaker: Paul Catanzaro (UMass)
  Description: Join us to learn about actions you can take to define your goals for your land, your land's ecological and financial values, and how to develop a plan to make decisions regarding its future uses and owners. 

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• Webinar 2: Passing on your land using a will or trust 
  Date: January 27
  Time: 6:30 - 8:00pm 
  Speaker: Attorney Peter Ziomek (Ziomek & Ziomek)
  Description:  Most landowners want to legally designate who will own their land next. This webinar will focus on using wills and trusts as part of your conservation-based estate planning.
   
• Webinar 3: Permanent land conservation tools 
  Date: February 10th
  Time: 6:30 - 8:00pm 
  Speaker: Olivia Lukacic (The Trustees of Reservations)
  Description:  Permanently conserving your land can help reach your personal and financial goals. Learn about tools to ensure that your land stays in its natural condition. 
   
• Webinar 4:  Becoming a Landowner 
  Date: February 24
  Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Speakers: Paul Catanzaro (UMass) & Christa Collins (Land Protection Specialist)
  Description: Inheriting or purchasing land brings with it many benefits. It may also bring challenges.  Join us to better understand the importance of communication to set mutual goals, land ownership, and conservation tools to help you reach your goals as a new landowner.

• Deciding Your Land's Future - Part 1
  Speaker: Paul Catanzaro
  January 18, 2023 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Whether you are just starting to think about the future of your land or you are already taking action, join us to learn about actions you can take to define your goals for your land, understand your land's ecological and financial values, and develop a plan to make decisions regarding its future uses and owners. 
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• Understanding Strategies for Reducing Your Property Taxes and Stewarding Your Land
  Speaker: Chris Capone
  February 15, 2023 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  This webinar focuses on Chapter 61 current use programs and their role in conservation-based estate planning.
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• Conservation Tools to Meet Your Personal and Financial Goals
  Speaker: Sarah Wells
  March 22, 2023 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  In this webinar, Sarah Wells from Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust outlines different conservation tools that landowners can use protect their land and meet their personal and financial goals.
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• Who Will Own My Land Next?
  Speaker: Liz Sillin
  January 13, 2022 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Most landowners want to determine who will own their land next. This webinar will focus on using wills for your conservation-based estate planning and tools for how the land can be used in the future. 
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• How Can I Reduce My Property Taxes?
  Speaker(s): Chris Capone (Service Forester - MA DCR) & Ross Hubacz (Consulting Forester - Fieldstone Natural Resources)
  February 10, 2022 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Property taxes can be a barrier to land ownership. This session will focus on Chapter 61 current use programs and their role in conservation-based estate planning.
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• How Can I Conserve My Land?
  Speaker(s): Jennifer Soper (DCR) & Kate Buttolph (Mass Audubon)
  March 10, 2022 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Are you interested in keeping some or all of your land in its undeveloped, natural state forever? Come learn how land protection tools such as conservation restrictions can help you achieve your goal.
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• What Are the Financial Benefits of Land Conservation?
  Speakers: Mark Robinson (Executive Director - The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts), Tom Anderson (EEA), & Michael Downey (MA DCR)
  April 14, 2022 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Conservation tools can reduce a number of taxes, including property, federal income, and estate. Find out how conservation-based estate planning can help you save money on taxes and available funding to support your conservation goals. 
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• What’s the Next Step in Planning the Future of My Land?
  Speaker: Paul Catanzaro
  November 11, 2021 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Whether you are just starting to think about the future of your land or you are already taking action, join us to learn about the importance of defining goals for your land and putting a plan in place to make decisions regarding its future uses and owners. 
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• What’s My Land Worth Financially and Ecologically?
  Speaker(s): Abby Hardy-Moss (Essex County Greenbelt Association) & Kim Levitch (K. Levitch Associates)
  December 9, 2021 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  Your land has both ecological and financial value. Both are important for conservation-based estate planning. This session will help you better understand these values and how they relate to your conservation-based estate plan.
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• Use the Find a Professional page on MassWoods to help you identify a land trust, forester, estate planning professional, or peer with conservation training in your town.
• View a short video of how land is appraised by Ellen Anderson

This work is funded through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Working Forests Initiative and organized in partnership with the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.