DITCH MAINTENANCE Sample Clauses

DITCH MAINTENANCE. LESSEE shall maintain all drainage ditches essentially free of weeds, silt and debris, at LESSEE’s sole cost and expense. All drainage ditches within the parcel will be maintained as herbaceous non-invasive plant waterway by the LESSEE at LESSEE’s sole cost and expense. Vegetation in ditches and on shoulders will be maintained in native bunch grasses or native herbaceous ground cover. A five-foot buffer of grasses will be maintained on each shoulder of all drainage ditches. It will also be required, on a non- reimbursable, basis that the LESSEE establish and maintain ground cover of native grasses (i.e. Purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchura)) or native herbaceous vegetation. Outlets from all irrigation drainage ditches to canyon drainage ways will be protected a the LESSEE’s sold cost and expense with +/- twelve (12) inches or larger rock extending a minimum of ten (10) feet down into the canyon. The LESSEE is responsible for the maintenance of culvers and other drainage structures on the LEASED PROPERTY in a clear, open condition. The LESSEE is required to remove all invasive vegetation, such as pampus grass (Cortaderia jubata or selloana), that have established in the native vegetation in the non-farmable acres of the LEASED PROPERTY.