• 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.

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• 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. 
  
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• 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.
  
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• Choosing a Conservation Tool
  Speaker: Olivia Lukacic (The Trustees of Reservations)
  April 22, 2025
  This webinar describes tools forest landowners can use to permanently protect their some or all of their land from development to sustain its many ecological and social values. The presentation includes a description of the tools and ways in which they can be applied to meet landowner's personal and financial goals.
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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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• Reducing Your Property Taxes Through Ch. 61 Current Use Programs
  Speakers: Chris Capone (MA DCR) & Garbrielle Hayden (Longview Forest)
  April 2, 2025
  Massachusetts landowners will learn about their options to enroll in the Ch. 61 Current Use property tax programs.
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• Understanding the Tax benefits of Land Conservation
  Speakers:  Cynthia Henshaw (East Quabbin Land Trust), George Dresser (Attorney, & Tom Anderson (MA EEA)
  Conservation tools can reduce the number of taxes, including property, federal income, and estate. Find out how conservation-based estate planning can help you save money on taxes. Also learn about the MA Conservation Tax Credit program.
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• How Land is Appraised:  Appraisal basics for Landowners
  Organization: East Quabbin Land Trust
  Date: June 3, 2020
  Speaker:  Ellen Anderson (Massachusetts Certified General Real Estate Appraiser)
  Ellen Anderson explains how land is appraised, the many factors that influence valuation, and how a Conservation Restriction impacts value while conserving the land for the future.
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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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• 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.

This work is funded through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s ForestsWork Initiative.