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Nature Conservancy backs bill allowing rotational grazing on tax-exempt land for conservation
Summary
Senate File 49 would let tax-exempt properties continue to qualify for exemption when leased to private ranchers for limited-duration conservation grazing; Nature Conservancy testified grazing helps prairie restoration and the committee laid the bill over.
Senate File 49, presented Jan. 21 by Senator Weber, would allow certain tax-exempt properties used for conservation to be leased to private ranchers for grazing without losing their property tax exemption, provided the use supports conservation objectives.
Steve Chaplin, Prairie Conservation Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, told the committee that limited-duration targeted grazing is a widely used conservation…
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