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Land with conservation easements

John Brennan has worked with conservation organizations in the Sacramento Valley for years. Several of our sales and listings carry easements, and we explain what they allow before a buyer commits.

An easement changes what a property can become. The Road 106 property near Davis, three legal parcels totaling 437 acres, sold subject to an Agricultural Conservation Easement. The Highway 20 ranch was encumbered by an easement held by California Rangeland Trust. On Chamberlain Road, the easement preserved the land in perpetuity and excluded two homesites. Jenny Farms, our current listing, has an easement on about 406 acres that allows the existing irrigated pasture use.

The right question is not whether an easement is good or bad. It is what the recorded document permits, who holds it, and whether the property's value to you depends on uses it restricts. We help buyers get the easement in hand early; the Jenny Farms listing says a copy is available to qualified buyers on request.

A flooded wetland edged with reeds under a blue sky

From the field

Photographs of working land with conservation easements across Northern California; not properties for sale.

A flooded field at sunset with the Sutter Buttes reflected on the horizon
Sunset over a still slough with a line of silhouetted trees
A flooded field under a clear blue sky with tules and cottonwoods along the far edge
Tall golden tules and bare trees framing a flooded slough
A green levee and pasture beside a slough under scattered clouds
For saleGravel ranch road and a steel gate at Jenny Farms with flat pasture beyond

Jenny Farms

Turn-key irrigated pasture ranch

$5,200,000
434.31 acresDixon, Solano CountyRanches and rangeland

Closed sales

PropertyLocationAcresClosing price
3500 Chamberlain Road
Ranches and rangeland
Lincoln, Placer County517.41$2,000,000
Highway 20 Winter Rangeland
Ranches and rangeland
Williams, Colusa County3,147$3,300,000
Road 106
Ranches and rangeland
Davis, Yolo County437$2,800,000

Conservation easements explained · John Brennan

Talk to us about land with conservation easements

Buying, selling or appraising, we start with the water, the title and the facts.

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