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ID <br />Volpe Conservation Easement <br />11-14-03 draft (clean,) <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 atry manner except as necessary to allow a) the <br />construction of the improvements allowed above, b) the maintenance of hiking trails permitted <br />hereunder, c) the combating of erosion or flooding, and d) the construction of one pond not to <br />exceed one acre in the approximate area identified on Exhibit B. <br />2.9 Destruction of Plants. Grantors shall have the right to cut and remove <br />diseased trees, slu-ubs, or other plants, to cut and remove invasive (usually non-native) ri-ees, <br />slu-ubs and other plants, and tc cut firebreaks. Grantors shall also have the right to cut and <br />remove trees, sluubs, or other plants to accommodate the activities expressly allowed under this <br />Conservation Easement. There shall be no additional removal, harvesting, destruction or cutting <br />of native trees, sluubs or other plants. Except for use around improvements, there shall be no <br />planting ofnon-native trees, sluubs, or other plants in the Easement Area. Furthermore, except <br />to accommodate the activities expressly permitted in this easement, there shall be no use of <br />fertilizers, plowing, introduction ofnon-native animals, or disturbance or change in the natural <br />habitat in any mamier. <br />2.10 Water Ouality 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 water <br />purity or, except as specified herein, that could alter the natural water level or flow in or over the <br />Easement Area. Other than the construction of a well to serve allowed improvements, there shall <br />be no alteration, depletion or extraction of surface water, natural watercourses, lakes, ponds, <br />marshes, subsurface water or any other water bodies on the Easement Area. Diking, draining, <br />filling or removal of wetlands is prohibited. <br />2.11 Si~rtaee. No signs or billboards or other advertising displays are allowed <br />on the Easement Area except as follows: signs authorized by Orange County zoning regulations <br />whose placement, number and design do not significantly diminish the scenic character of the <br />Easement Area maybe displayed to identify trails and the conservation values of the Easement <br />Area, to identify the name and address of the Easement, to give directions, to advertise or <br />regulate permitted uses on the Easement Area and prescribe rules and regulations for recreational <br />use of the protected Easement Area, tc advertise the Easement Area for sale or rent, and to post <br />the Easement F.rea against trespassers. <br />2.12 No Biocides. There shall be no use of pesticides or biocides, including but <br />not limited to insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and herbicides, except as required to control <br />invasive species detrimental to the conservation values of the Easement Area. <br />2,13 No DttmninQ. There shall be no storage or dumping of trash, garbage, <br />abandoned vehicles, appliances, or machinery, or other unsightly or offensive material, hazardous <br />Page 5 of 14 <br />