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Draft 8/26/04 <br />however, develop and implement a Conservation Plan that proposes a higher level of <br />conservation and is consistent with the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide standards and <br />specifications, MRCS and the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District shall have <br />the right to enter upon the Property, with advance notice to the Grantors, in order to monitor <br />compliance with the Conservation Plan.. <br />19 <br />If the Grantors do not comply with the Conservation Plan, Grantee shall take steps as <br />provided for in Paragraph 19 of this Conservation Easement, including efforts at securing <br />voluntary compliance and, if necessary, appropriate legal action, to secure compliance with the <br />Conservation Plan.. Grantee shall notify NRCS and the Orange County Soil and Water <br />Conservation District of any such compliance efforts and elicit the aid of both in securing the <br />compliance by the Grantors with the Conservation Plan, <br />In the event NRCS or the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District, pursuant <br />to its monitoring of the Conservation Plan, provides written notification to Grantee that (a) there <br />is an ongoing event or circumstance ofnon-compliance with the Conservation Plan, (b) NRCS <br />has worked with the Grantors to correct such noncompliance, and (c) Grantors have exhausted <br />their appeal rights under applicable MRCS regulations, Grantee shall take steps as provided for in <br />Pazagraph 19 of this Conservation Easement, including efforts at securing voluntary compliance <br />and, if necessary, appropriate legal action to secure compliance with the Conservation Plan, <br />10. Forest Mmzagwnent <br />Trees maybe removed, cut and otherwise managed to control insects and disease, to <br />prevent personal injury and property damage, to remove non-native species, for pasture <br />restoration, for firewood and other non-commercial uses, including construction of permitted <br />improvements and fences on the Property, without the advance written permission of Grantee, so <br />long as done in accordance with the Conservation Plan referenced in Paragraph 9 of this <br />Conservation Easement and in accordance with a Forest Management Plan prepared by a <br />professional licensed forester approved by Grantee, such approval to not be unreasonably <br />withheld, that is consistent with the above referenced Conservation Plan. <br />Trees may be planted, harvested and removed within the areas identified and marked as <br />"Fazrnstead Area," "Existing Residential Envelope" and "Future Residential Envelope" on <br />Exhibit B without the advance written permission of the Grantee, so long as done in accordance <br />with the Conservation Plan and Forest Management Plan referred to in this Paragraph 10, so long <br />as outside of the 300-foot streanr buffer described in Paragraph 4 of this Conservation Easement <br />and, with respect to the areas identified azrd marked as "Future Residential Envelope," only <br />within the building lot of each and only after the building lot is legally created by subdivision. <br />Any other cutting, removal or harvesting of trees, including any commercial harvesting of <br />trees, maybe undertaken only if it occurs outside of the 300-foot stream buffer described in <br />Paragraph 4 of this Conservation Easement, outside of any wetlands and only if it is in <br />accordance with the Conservation Plan referenced in Paragraph 9 of this Conservation Easement <br />and a Forest Management Plan as set out below.. <br />