Durango Herald Online: "
June 23, 2005
IRS cracks down on land easement values
Protected land doubled in five years
By Dale Rodebaugh
Herald Staff Writer
Tami Graham, left, an Animas Conservancy board member; Jeanne Trupiano, center, Animas Conservancy executive director; and landowner Betty Yost look over Yost's land southwest of Durango. Yost put 245 of her 255 acres into a conservation easement on Dec. 22.
The La Plata Mountains rise in the background of Yost's land.
Although the federal government is questioning land values claimed by people who put their property beyond development forever, the director of a Southwest Colorado land trust thinks her organization's holdings pass muster.
'I think we've done really good deals here,' said Katharine Roser, director of the La Plata County Open Space Conservancy. 'If the government disagrees with any aspects of our projects, we'll know what to look for in the future.' "
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