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<br />2.3 Utility Services and Septic Systems. Construction, maintenance, repair or
<br />improvement of electric, gas, water facilities, sewer lines and /or other public or private utilities,
<br />including telephone or other communication services is prohibited within the Easement Area.
<br />2.4 Agricultural, Grazing and Horticultural Use. Agricultural, grazing, and
<br />horticultural uses of the Easement Area is prohibited.
<br />2.5 Timber Harvesting and Forest Management. Commercial timbering of
<br />trees within the Easement Area is prohibited. Trees may be removed, cut and otherwise managed
<br />to control insects and disease, to prevent personal injury and property damage, to remove non-
<br />native species, or to salvage wind - thrown timber, including construction of permitted
<br />improvements and fences on the Easement Area. Timber harvesting and forest management
<br />activities, including the use of controlled burns, must be pursuant to a written Forest
<br />Management Plan prepared by a North Carolina registered forester, the selection of whom is
<br />mutually agreed upon by Grantor and Grantee and which management activities must be agreed
<br />to in advance by Grantee and Grantor. There shall be no additional removal, harvesting,
<br />destruction or cutting of native trees, shrubs or other plants. Furthermore, except to
<br />accommodate the activities expressly permitted in this easement, there shall be no use of
<br />fertilizers, plowing, introduction of non - native animals, or disturbance or change in the natural
<br />habitat in any manner.
<br />2.6 Recreational Use. Consistent with the purpose of and the limitations
<br />contained in this Conservation Easement, Grantors shall have the right to engage in and permit
<br />others, whether or not for consideration, to engage in recreational uses of the Easement Area,
<br />including, but not limited to, hunting, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and other recreational uses that
<br />require no buildings, facilities, surface alteration or other development of the land. Grantors
<br />reserve the right to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for all activities
<br />incident to recreational use of the Easement Area, including but not limited to the right to
<br />prohibit any recreational use that would permit destruction of other significant conservation
<br />values of the Easement Area.
<br />2.7 Excavation. There shall be no filling, excavation, dredging, mining or
<br />drilling; no removal of topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, peat, minerals or other materials; and no
<br />change in the topography of the land in any manner except as necessary to allow a) the
<br />construction of the improvements permitted herein, b) the maintenance of trails permitted herein,
<br />c) the combating of erosion or flooding, and d) to enhance the plant and animal ecosystems
<br />native to the locality.
<br />2.8 Destruction of Plants. Grantors shall have the right to cut and remove
<br />diseased trees, shrubs, or other plants, to cut and remove invasive (usually non - native) trees,
<br />shrubs and other plants, and to cut firebreaks. Grantors shall also have the right to cut and
<br />remove trees, shrubs, or other plants to accommodate the activities expressly allowed under this
<br />Conservation Easement. There shall be no additional removal, harvesting, destruction or cutting
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