Purpose of Easement. It is the purpose of this Easement to assure that the Property will be retained forever in its natural, scenic, wooded condition to provide a relatively natural habitat for fish, wildlife, plants or similar ecosystems, and to preserve portions of the Property as productive farmland and forest land that sustains for the long term both the economic and conservation values of the Property and its environs, through management guided by the following principles: • Protection of scenic and other distinctive rural character of the landscape; • Maintenance of soil productivity and control of soil erosion; • Maintenance and enhancement of wildlife and game habitat; • Protection of unique and fragile natural areas and rare species habitats; • Maintenance or creation of a healthy balance of uneven aged timber classes; • Maintenance or improvement of the overall quality of the timber resource; • Maintenance of the value of the resource in avoiding land fragmentation; • Protection of surface water quality, the Floridan Aquifer, wetlands, and riparian areas; • Maintenance of economically viable agricultural practices that protect the landscape as a working enterprise in harmony with the open space and scenic qualities of the Property; • Maintenance of existing upland/wetland natural communities; • Restoration of disturbed upland/wetland natural communities. The above purposes are hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the Conservation Purposes”. Grantor intends that this Easement will confine the use of the Property to such activities as are consistent with the Conservation Purposes of this Easement.
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Purpose of Easement. It is the purpose of this Easement to assure that the Property will be retained forever in its natural, scenic, wooded condition to provide a relatively natural habitat for fish, wildlife, plants or similar ecosystems, and to preserve portions of the Property as productive farmland and forest land that sustains for the long term both the economic and conservation values of the Property and its environs, through management guided by the following principles: • Protection of scenic and other distinctive rural character of the landscape; • Maintenance of soil productivity and control of soil erosion; • Maintenance and enhancement of wildlife and game habitat; • Protection of unique and fragile natural areas and rare species habitats; • Maintenance or creation of a healthy balance of uneven aged timber classes; • Maintenance or improvement of the overall quality of the timber resource; • Maintenance of the value of the resource in avoiding land fragmentation; • Protection of surface water quality, the Floridan Aquifer, wetlands, and riparian areas; • Maintenance of economically viable agricultural practices that protect the landscape as a working enterprise in harmony with the open space and scenic qualities of the Property; • Maintenance of existing upland/wetland natural communities; • Restoration of disturbed upland/wetland natural communities. The above purposes are hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the Conservation Purposes”. Grantor intends that this Easement will confine the use of the Property to such activities as are consistent with the Conservation Purposes of this Easement.
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