It’s a dispute that Colorado officials have been trying to settle for more than a decade. And now Colorado lawmakers are once again debating a proposal to compensate family farmers and landowners who held now-defunct conservation easements that resulted in financial losses. But critics say the easements, a tax benefit intended to protect natural spaces in exchange for giving up rights to developing a property, allowed investors to cash in on properties that never would have been developed anyway. Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth talks to Thy Vo about why lawmakers are bringing the issue up again this year. 

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