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II. GRANTOR RESERVED USES AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITES <br />• The Easement Area shall be restricted from any development or usage that would impair <br />or interfere with the purposes of this Conservation Easement: Unless expressly reserved as a <br />compatible use herein, any activity in, or use of, the Easement Area by the Grantor is prohibited <br />as inconsistent with the purposes of this Conservation Easement. Any rights not expressly <br />reserved hereunder by the Grantor have been acquired by the Grantee. The following specific <br />uses are prohibited, restricted, or reserved as indicated: <br />A. Recreational Uses. Grantor expressly reserves the right to undeveloped recreational <br />uses, including hunting, bird watching, hiking, and fishing, and access to the <br />Easement Area for the purposes thereof. Usage of motorized vehicles in the <br />Easement Area is prohibited, except as they are used exclusively for management, <br />maintenance, or stewardship purposes, and on existing trails, paths, or roads. <br />B. Educational Uses. The Grantor reserves the right to undeveloped educational uses <br />and the right of access to the Easement Area for such purposes including organized <br />educational activities such as site visits, studies, and observations. Educational uses <br />of the property shall not alter vegetation, hydrology, or topography of the site: <br />C. Vegetative Cutting. Except as related to the removal of non-native plants diseased <br />or damaged trees, and vegetation that obstructs, destabilizes, or renders unsafe the <br />Easement Area to persons or natural habitat, all cutting, removal, mowing, harming, <br />or destruction of any vegetation in the Easement Area is prohibited. <br />D. Industrial Use. Industrial activities in the Easement Area are prohibited. <br />E. Residential Use. Residential use of the Easement Area is prohibited. <br />F. Commercial Use. Commercial activities in the Easement Area are prohibited. <br />G. Agricultural Use. All agricultural use of the Easement Area. including use for <br />cropland, waste lagoons, or pastureland is prohibited. <br />H. New Construction. There shall be no building, facility, mobile home, or other <br />structure constructed or placed in the Easement Area except as authorized under <br />Paragraph II.P. of this Conservation Easement. <br />I. Signs. No signs shall be permitted in the Easement Area except interpretive signs <br />describing restoration activities and the conservation values of the Easement Area, <br />signs identifying the owner of the Protected Property and the holder of the <br />Conservation Easement, and signs giving directions or proscribing rules and <br />regulations for the use of the Easement Area or for the adjacent County-owned land. <br />J. Dumping. Dumping of soil, trash, ashes, garbage, waste, abandoned vehicles, <br />appliance or machinery, or other material in the Easement Area is prohibited. <br />K. Grading, Mineral Use, Excavation, Dredging. There shall be no grading, filling, <br />excavation, dredging, mining, or drilling; no removal of topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, <br />• peat, minerals, or other materials except as authorized under Paragraph II.P. of this <br />Conservation Easement. <br />