EVALUATING CONSERVATION EFFECTIVENESS AND ADAPTATION IN DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES.

The article focuses on the effectiveness of the use of conservation easements, which are partial-property-rights agreements that bind future landowners in perpetuity, to improve the science and practice of conservation through the analysis of conservation literature and multidisciplinary research on conservation easements. It explores the application of the outputs-outcomes-impacts logic model framework, an approach used to evaluate environmental policies, to conservation easements. It mentions the connections between debates regarding conservation easement permanence adaptation and the outputs-outcomes-impacts framework. Furthermore, a case study on the rangeland conservation easements at the Lassen Foothills in the northern part of California is discussed.