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12 <br /> 2.5 Timber Harvest. Trees may be removed, cut and otherwise managed to <br /> control insects and disease, to prevent personal injury and property damage, for firewood and <br /> other uses, including construction of permitted improvements and fences on the Grantors' <br /> Property. No additional timber harvesting shall be allowed. <br /> 2.6 Grazing. Grantors shall not graze or pasture domestic animals on any <br /> portion of the Property for commercial purposes. This shall not prevent the grazing or pasturing <br /> of animals for Grantors' or their guests recreation, or used in connection with activities expressly <br /> allowed on the Property. <br /> 2.7 Home Business. Any business that is conducted by and in the home of a <br /> person residing on the Property is allowed. <br /> 2.8 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 Property, including, <br /> but not limited to, hiking, camping,picnicking, horseback riding, non-motorized bicycling, <br /> lawful hunting and fishing, and other recreational uses that require no buildings, facilities, <br /> surface alteration or other development of the land so long as authorized by Orange County <br /> zoning regulations and consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under <br /> its laws and ordinances. Pursuit of wildlife by any form of motorized transportation is not <br /> allowed. Grantors may also construct and maintain fences, foot trails, foot bridges, and or non- <br /> motorized vehicle trails incidental to such purposes. Grantors reserve the right to promulgate <br /> and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for all activities incident to recreational use of the <br /> Property, including but not limited to the right to prohibit any recreational use that would permit <br /> destruction of other significant conservation value of the Property. <br /> 2.9 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 allowed above, b)the maintenance of roads, hiking, horseback <br /> and non-motorized vehicle trails permitted hereunder, and c) the combating erosion or flooding. <br /> 2.10 Destruction of Plants. Grantors shall have the right to cut and remove a) <br /> diseased trees, shrubs, or other plants; b)non-native or invasive trees, shrubs, or other plants; and <br /> c)to cut firebreaks. Grantors shall also have the right to cut and remove trees, shrubs, or other <br /> plants to accommodate the activities expressly allowed under this Conservation Easement. <br /> There shall be no additional removal, harvesting, destruction or cutting of native trees, shrubs or <br /> other plants. Except for use around improvements or in gardens there shall be no planting of <br /> non-native trees, shrubs, or other plants in the Property. Furthermore, except to accommodate <br /> the activities expressly permitted in this easement, there shall be no use of fertilizers,plowing, <br /> introduction of non-native animals, or disturbance or change in the natural habitat in any manner. <br /> Page 6 of 17 <br />