Conservation Values. The Owner and the Minister recognise that the conservation area contains the following conservation values. Conservation values are to be managed in accordance with Annexure C: Management Scheme for the conservation area. A The conservation area contains sandstone ranges and scarps associated with the Kangaroo Sandstone Formation, which supports a high diversity, and a number of locally endemic species. The dominant forest type consists of blackbutt – bloodwood – angophora located on the midslopes with the exposed hilltops and ridges consisting of xxxxx bloodwood (Corymbia trachyphloia) – sandstone mahogany (Eucalyptus psammitica) woodlands. The Scientific Committee, established by the Threatened Species Conservation Xxx 0000, has made a Preliminary Determination to support a proposal to list the Corymbia trachyphloia–Eucalyptus psammitica Ecological Community in the NSW North Coast Bioregion as an Endangered Ecological Community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Act. The main fauna habitats represented in the conservation area comprise of the following: • Dry sclerophyll forest/woodland; • Rocky escarpments; • Riparian habitat; and • Grassland with very scattered timber. More details can be found in the “Final Compensatory Habitat Management Plan” (Cumberland Ecology, 2006). B The conservation area contains several threatened flora species and endangered ecological communities as listed in the Schedules of the Threatened Species Conservation Xxx 0000. Table 3 below lists the threatened flora species that are known to occur within the conservation area.
Conservation Values. 1. Collectively and individually the following natural, scenic and ecological qualities and the open space character of the Protected Property comprise its “Conservation Values.” There is public value in conserving the following aspects of the property with this Conservation Easement:
a. The protection of this property assists in returning the property to a less developed state and enhancing its natural character, contributing to a larger complex of open space along the St. Croix River, within the City of Stillwater and in the St. Croix Valley. It provides scenic and open space views that are a pleasing contrast to surrounding development and are to be enjoyed by the general public from public rights-of-way, including bike trails, and through its use as a park.
b. The protection of this property contributes to a larger scale effort to provide ecological connectivity and support biological diversity in the St. Croix River Watershed.
c. The protection of this property helps protect air quality through its preservation of tree canopy.
d. The protection of this property improves surface and ground water resources by limiting the physical degradation caused by soil movement and increased asphalting typically endured as part of the development process, and by reducing the volume of runoff and potential flooding. It further enhances the ecosystem’s ability to clean water and reduce concentrations of substances produced by society by maintaining an area for infiltration and natural treatment of storm water in the watershed.
e. The protection of this property prevents privatization of access to this segment of the St. Croix River.
2. These Conservation Values of the Protected Property are further set forth in the Baseline Property Report dated March 21, 2017 that the parties acknowledge accurately represents the present condition of the Protected Property. Each of the parties has a copy of the Baseline Property Report. The Seller will use the Baseline Property Report as the basis for monitoring subsequent uses of the Protected Property and enforcing the terms of this Conservation Easement.
3. These Conservation Values have not been and are not likely to be significantly impaired by the continuous use of the Protected Property as described above or as authorized in this Conservation Easement.
4. The preservation and protection of these Conservation Values will provide significant benefit to the public.
Conservation Values. The Parties recognize the value of the Property as an aquatic ecosystem resource, as well as a scenic, natural, and aesthetic resource. The Property in its current state contributes to the physical, biological, and chemical integrity of water resources in the [name of watershed where Property is located] watershed. The restoration, preservation, and maintenance of the Property as an aquatic ecosystem resource is a part of the attainment and maintenance of the aquatic life uses of the waters of the State of Ohio pursuant to §303 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1313 and §6111.041 of the Ohio Revised Code. The Parties hereby agree that effective perpetual protection and maintenance of the Property and of any environmental improvements to the Property made as part of the Project or thereafter, are essential to preserve the Conservation Values of the Property. The Owner and Xxxxxx further agree to use their best efforts to identify and prevent from occurring reasonably foreseeable actions that may be detrimental to the accomplishment of the purposes of this Covenant and the Plan.
Conservation Values. County acknowledges that the Leased Property has significant natural, scenic, open space, ecological and scientific values that are of great importance to TNC and the State of Arizona (the “Conservation Values”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following activities and uses are expressly prohibited on the Leased Property:
Conservation Values. Draft for Public Exhibition
Conservation Values. The Conservation Values are defined as those Property characteristics that the parties deem of value and seek to protect, including the specific Natural Values and Exceptional Values identified below:
A. Natural Values include (examples in italics):
1. Approximately feet of frontage upon the streams or ponds;
2. The Property is within the watershed(s); an important watershed for public water supplies and local surface waters. The Property also provides important filtration characteristics for such watershed(s) and thus helps recharge the aquifer, reduce sedimentation, and helps maintain natural fisheries, etc.;
3. The Property contains steep slopes adjacent to aquifers or surface waters that are susceptible to stormwater runoff and erosion that could harm water quality if trees or other vegetation are removed;
4. Important open spaces, including viewsheds, xxxxxxx, or brushlands that provide significant natural habitat for diverse wildlife adjusted to such spaces, or which provide open space and views identified as important to the public.
B. Exceptional Values include (examples in italics):
1. The documented presence of native flora and fauna of significant diversity, including rare, endangered, or threatened species, or including significant mapped natural communities;
2. Mature forest areas including a range of native species, tree stands of varying age classes, structural forest diversity, and a multi-story canopy;
3. Known and mapped wetlands and wetland-significant ecosystems, whether jurisdictional or non- jurisdictional wetlands of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Army Corps of Engineers (as mapped by and through the United States Fish And Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory), which wetlands serve important landscape and ecosystem functions such as flood prevention, the providing of important habitat for aquatic invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and other wildlife, etc;
4. Unique geological, historical, architectural, agricultural, archeological features, etc.; or the Property contains important agricultural soils or is otherwise classified as prime agricultural areas, is used as Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) reserves and fields, is listed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service as prime agricultural land, or otherwise contains soils and agricultural characteristics recognized as being of statewide significance, etc.
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Conservation Values. The Conservation Values of the Protected Property, as specified in Section 170(h)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, are set forth below: (Cite specific numbers of IRS Code and definitions, such as:)
a) Protection of scenic values:
b) Protection of open space including farmland and forest land:
c) Protection of natural habitat of fish, wildlife, or plants:
d) Protection of significant historical or cultural resources: e)
Conservation Values. The Owner and the Minister recognise that the conservation area contains the following conservation values. Conservation values are to be managed in accordance with Annexure C: Management Scheme for the conservation area. A The conservation area contains Sassafras - Xxxxxxxxx - Xxxxx Pilly temperate rainforest of the Robertson area, Sydney Basin which is 85% cleared in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Area (Biometric, 2010). The overstorey includes Xxxxx Xxxxx Syzygium smithii, Xxxxxxxxx Acacia melanoxylon and Sassafras Doryphora sassafras. The understorey includes Prickly Coprosma Coprosma quadrifida and Native Mulberry Hedycarya angustifolia. Vines and climbers include Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana, Austral Sarsaparilla Smilax australis and Common Milk Vine Marsdenia rostrata. B The conservation area contains Xxxxxxxxx Rainforest in the Sydney Basin listed as an Endangered Ecological Community on Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995. C The conservation area contains habitat suitable for Stuttering Barrred Frog Mixophyes balbus listed as Endangered on Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 and Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus, Eastern Bentwing- bat Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis, Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea, Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus and Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii listed as Vulnerable on Schedule 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995. D The conservation area is located within the Great Escarpment of the Great Eastern Ranges.
Conservation Values. The Property is situated adjacent to the City of Healdsburg. It encompasses the upper slopes and the peak of the 991-foot high Fitch Mountain, a very prominent natural landmark. The Property is heavily forested, with few small clearings. Critical resources on the Property (collectively “the Conservation Values”), include open space, natural resources and wildlife habitat, scenic qualities, and recreational and educational opportunities. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Conservation Values. The Property possesses agricultural, scenic, open space, and ecological values of prominent importance to the Owner, the Township, and the public. These values are referred to as the “Conservation Values” and support the Conservation Easement Purposes. Any use of the Property not provided as a “permitted use” under the terms of this Easement and which impairs or interferes with the Conservation Values are expressly prohibited. The Conservation Values include the following:
A. The Property possesses agricultural, scenic, and open-space values (collectively, "conservation values") of great importance to Acme Township, the people of Grand Traverse County and the people of the State of Michigan.
B. The Property is located within Acme Township, a community with an agricultural- based economy in an area presently experiencing rapid development, including the subdivision of prime farmland.
C. Maintaining the scenic and rural beauty of the area along with preserving the agricultural industry of Acme Township is an important planning goal of Acme Township and area residents.
D. The Property is a part of large block of protected land which contributes to the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the region by providing a buffer from residential development and other incompatible uses which could impair the ability to conduct agricultural practices over time.
E. The Property is located in the West Michigan Fruitbelt Region, an area with a unique capacity to grow stone fruit and other fruit such as apples, grapes and berries. This Region is recognized by the American Farmland Trust as one of the 20 most threatened agricultural resources in the United States.
F. The Property is a part of an area which has a long history of productive farming, and with good management is capable of sustaining productive farming into the future.
G. The Property adjoins natural land that provides habitat for native plant and animal species, including habitat for rare, threatened or endangered species, and preservation of the Property provides a buffer from residential development and other incompatible uses that may otherwise impair this habitat over time.
H. The Property adjoins land open to the public for recreational activities, including a trail system, and preservation of the Property provides a buffer from residential development and other incompatible uses that may otherwise impair or lessen the use and enjoyment of the adjoining property by the public.
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