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Congresswoman briefed committee on bill to cap federal conservation easements at 30 years

Interim Agriculture and Water Management Committee · November 13, 2025
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Summary

A virtual presentation described a federal Landowner Easements Rights Act that would limit future US Fish & Wildlife conservation easements to 30 years and allow landowners to buy back or renegotiate existing perpetual easements; committee members asked about valuation and state coordination.

Congresswoman Fedorchek (attending virtually) outlined legislation she supports to give landowners additional options to renegotiate or buy back federal conservation easements and to limit future easements to 30 years rather than perpetual terms.

She told the committee the bill "would limit all future conservation easements that the US Fish and Wildlife engages in, to 30 years versus the perpetual…

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