BWSR occasionally receives requests to alter or modify an existing conservation easement when a proposed activity will impact the easement area or would not be consistent with easement terms and conditions. The easement alteration policy was created to establish the requirements and conditions necessary for BWSR to consider a request to alter an existing conservation easement.
BWSR will only consider a proposed alteration to a conservation easement when the outcome will fulfill a public need, improve public health or safety, result in additional natural resource protection or further enhance the original purpose of the easement, and when easement impacts cannot be reasonably avoided.
If you are considering submitting an easement alteration request, read the entire policy below. BWSR will only consider requests that meet ALL conditions of the policy.