U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is making a renewed push to restore the integrity of conservationist giving by passing S.170, the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act, which he co-sponsored with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

This legislation, which is supported by land conservationists, has to do with a tax incentive created by Congress in 1976 to encourage and facilitate the protection of America’s lands, waters, and wildlife by allowing taxpayers to deduct from their taxable income any charitable donations made for land conservation.