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<br />Eno Confluence Conservation Easement Nov. 13, 2007 draft (BOCC)
<br />Easement, and the right of access to the Easement Area for such purposes including organized
<br />educational activities such as site visits and observations.
<br />2.6 Agricultural, Grazing and Horticultural Use. Agricultural, grazing, and
<br />horticultural uses of the Easement Area are allowed within the locations identified as "Agricultural
<br />Use Envelope" identified in Exhibit C to this Conservation Easement. Agricultural, grazing, and
<br />horticultural uses of any other portion of the Easement Area is prohibited.
<br />2.7 Forest Vegetation Manage. Commercial timbering of trees within the
<br />Easement Area is prohibited. Grantor shall have the right to a) cut and remove diseased trees,
<br />shrubs, or other plants; b) cut and remove invasive (usually non-native) trees, shrubs and other
<br />plants; c) cut and remove undesirable early succession trees and replant with more desirable
<br />hardwood species; and d) to cut firebreaks. Trees may also be removed to prevent personal
<br />injury and property damage, or to salvage wind-thrown timber. There shall be no additional
<br />removal, harvesting, destruction or cutting of native trees, shrubs or other plants. Furthermore,
<br />except to accommodate the activities expressly permitted in this easement, there shall be no use
<br />of fertilizers, plowing, introduction ofnon-native animals, or disturbance or change in the natural
<br />habitat in any manner. All forest management activities must be pursuant to a 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.
<br />2.8 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 hiking trails permitted
<br />herein, c) the combating of erosion or flooding, and d) to enhance the plant and animal
<br />ecosystems native to the locality.
<br />2.9 Water Quality and Drainage Patterns. There shall be no pollution of
<br />surface water, natural water courses, lakes, ponds, marshes, subsurface water or any other water
<br />bodies, nor shall activities be conducted on the Easement Area that would be detrimental to
<br />water purity or, except as specified herein, that could alter the natural water level or flow in or
<br />over the Easement Area. There shall be no alteration, depletion or extraction of surface water,
<br />natural watercourses, lakes, ponds, marshes, subsurface water or any other water bodies on the
<br />Easement Area. Diking, draining, filling or removal of wetlands is prohibited.
<br />2.10 Natural Resource Restoration and Enhancement Activities.
<br />Notwithstanding any terms contained within this Conservation Easement, Grantor may engage or
<br />contract others to engage in any activity designed to repair, restore, or otherwise enhance the
<br />natural resources found or once present on the Easement Area, such as the restoration of the
<br />riparian forest corridors, so long as such activities are consistent with the Conservation Values of
<br />this Conservation Easement and consistent with a management plan prepared for this property
<br />and approved in advance by the Grantee.
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