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SAMPLE CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS AND RESERVATIONS

Landowners often want to reserve some development rights. The following checklist details some of the more commonly considered easement restrictions and reservations. Your conservation easement will be tailored to your specific situation and needs.

• The right to use the property for all purposes not inconsistent with the easement.

   

• The right to sell, give, or otherwise convey the property, provided that the terms of the easement are honored.

   

• The right to continue recreational uses of the property.

   

• The right to develop a limited number of additional residential homesites.

   

• The right to control access by any person or the general public.

• No further subdivision of the property.

   

• Limited development within buffer zones to protect wildlife habitat.

   

• No storage of toxic wastes.

   

• No underground storage of hazardous or toxic substances.

   

• No industrial or commercial use of the property.

   

• No billboards or advertising signs on the property.

   

• No surface mining.

   

• No draining or filling of wetlands on the property.