The Joint Committee on Taxation of Congress has recommended changing the tax deductions landowners can take for donating a conservation easement to a conservancy, land trust, government or other charitable organization. Should Congress choose to implement these changes, the tax benefits of placing land under conservation easement would be directly threatened.

Open land is an issue central to all horse enthusiasts, as development slowly encroaches upon open spaces to ride and keep horses. Currently, landowners can deduct 100 percent of an easement