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Conservation Easements
Warrant Article 18 Conservation Easements
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Conservation Commission
Primary Objective: To Protect the Natural Resources of Rindge
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Conservation Easements
Most Useful Tool for Commission to Protect Natural Resources Used with Publicly and Privately Owned Properties Legal Agreement Between a Landowner and a “Qualified Organization” such as Government Entity or Private Nonprofit (501c3) Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests Monadnock Conservancy Northeast Wilderness Trust
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Negotiated Easement Restricts Amount of Development
Granted in Perpetuity Regardless of Future Owners Specifies Permitted Activities such as Agriculture Forestry Recreation
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Qualified Organization/Land Trust
Responsible for Regular Monitoring Enforces Terms of Easement Includes Liability of Potential Legal Fees Acts as Steward of the Land Saves Town from Many Monitoring Responsibilities
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Interested Landowner Options
May Choose to Relinquish Ownership/Management by Property Donation to “Qualified” Organization If Retaining Ownership/Management “Development Rights” May be Donated or Sold to Land Trust
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Warrant Article 18 Permits Conservation Commission to Participate in Easement Creation on Privately Owned Properties Authorizes Commission to Negotiate with “Qualified” Land Trusts to Establish Conservation Easements Does NOT allow purchase of land by Conservation Commission Original 2005 Town Article Did Not Include Language as Required by RSA 36-A: 4-a, I(b) to Extend It to Privately Owned Land Article 18 Corrects 2005 Rindge Warrant Article
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Warrant Article 18 Does NOT authorize purchase of land by Conservation Commission (only Board of Selectman and Town can authorize purchase of land)
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Conservation Fund Not Large Enough to Effect Purchase
Will Support, in Small Amounts, Efforts of Qualified Land Trusts to Negotiate Easements with Private Land Owners No Town Budget Funds Will Be Utilized Will Defray Ancillary Costs to Landowners to Establish Easement to Protect Their Land for Such Issues as: Property Survey Development of Management Plan Legal Fees to Create/Register Easement
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Conservation Easements
Protect and Preserve Natural Resources of Rindge for Future Generations Open Spaces Rare/Threatened Species and Habitats Quality of Surface and Ground Water Farmland Public Access for Recreation
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Investment/Payback Small Investment BIG Payback for Rindge
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Please Vote Yes on Article 18 To Protect Rindge’s Natural Resources for the Future
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