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Steep Bottom Branch Conservation Easement 7-11-03 draft 9
<br />others, whether or not for consideration, to engage in recreational uses of the Property, including,
<br />but not limited to, hiking, picnicking, and other recreational uses that require no buildings,
<br />facilities, surface alteration or other development of the land. Pursuit of wildlife by any form is
<br />not allowed. Grantor reserves the right to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and
<br />regulations for all activities incident to recreational use of the Easement Area, including but not
<br />limited to the right to prohibit any recreational use that would permit destruction of other
<br />significant conservation value of the Easement Area.
<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 allowed above, b) the maintenance of hiking trails permitted
<br />hereunder, and c) the combating of erosion or flooding.
<br />2.9 Destruction of Plants. Grantor 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. Grantor shall also have the right to cut and remove
<br />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
<br />of native trees, shrubs or other plants. Except for use around improvements, there shall be no
<br />planting ofnon-native trees, shrubs, 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 manner.
<br />2.10 Water uality 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 Signage. 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, to advertise the Easement Area for sale or rent, and to post
<br />the Easement Area against trespassers.
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