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Easement Area insurance policies covering the Easement Area. Grantor shall provide Grantee <br />with a certificate of insurance coverage on the effective date of this Conservation Easement and <br />within 10 days of each insurance renewal date. <br />6. ACCESS. No right of access by the general public to any portion of the <br />Easement Area is conveyed by this Conservation Easement. However, the public has the right to <br />view the Easement Area from adjacent publicly accessible areas such as public roads and <br />waterways. <br />7. ENFORCEMENT. Grantee shall have the right to prevent and correct violations <br />of the terms of this Conservation Easement. <br />(a) With reasonable advance notice provided to the Grantor or with the Grantor's <br />prior verbal consent, Grantee shall have the right to enter the Easement Area for the purpose of <br />inspecting for compliance with the terms of this Conservation Easement. Grantee shall have the <br />right to prevent violations and remedy violations of the terms of this Conservation Easement <br />through judicial action, which shall include, without limitation, the right to bring proceedings in <br />law or in equity against any party or parties attempting to violate the terms of this Conservation <br />Easement. Except when an ongoing or imminent violation could irreversibly diminish or impair <br />the Conservation Values of the Easement Area, Grantee shall give the Grantor written notice of <br />the violation and thirty (30) days to cure the violation, before commencing any legal <br />proceedings. The Grantee may obtain an injunction to stop a violation or a threatened violation, <br />temporarily or permanently. The parties agree that a court may issue an injunction or order <br />requiring the Grantor to restore the Easement Area to its condition prior to the violation, as <br />restoration of the property maybe the only appropriate remedy. In any case where a court finds <br />that a violation has occurred, the Grantor shall reimburse the Grantee for all its expenses incurred <br />in stopping and correcting the violation, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees. <br />In any case where a court finds no such violation has occurred, each party shall bear its own <br />costs. In any case where the court finds that there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue <br />of either law or fact raised by the losing party, the court may award a reasonable attorney's fee to <br />.the prevailing party as provided by law. The failure of the Grantee to discover a violation or to <br />take immediate legal action shall not bar it from doing so at a later time for that violation or any <br />subsequent violations. <br />(b) Grantee shall not bring any action against Grantor for any injury or change to the <br />Easement Area caused by third parties, or resulting from causes beyond the Grantor's control, <br />including, without limitation, fire, flood, storm and naturally caused earth movement, or from <br />any prudent action taken in good faith by the Grantor under emergency conditions to prevent, <br />abate, or mitigate significant injury to life, damage to the Easement Area or harm to the <br />Easement Area resulting from such action. <br />Page 10 of 20 <br />