[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR625.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 625_HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.11  Easement participation requirements.

    (a) To enroll land in HFRP through the 99-year or 30-year enrollment 
option, a landowner shall grant an easement to the United States. The 
easement shall require that the easement area be maintained in 
accordance with HFRP goals and objectives for the duration of the term 
of the easement, including the restoration, protection, enhancement, 
maintenance, and management of habitat for listed species within a 
forest ecosystem's functions and values.
    (b) For the duration of its term, the easement shall require, at a 
minimum, that the landowner, and the landowner's heirs, successors and 
assigns, shall cooperate in the restoration, protection, enhancement, 
maintenance, and management of the land in accordance with the easement 
and with the terms of the HFRP restoration plan. In addition, the 
easement shall grant to the United States, through the NRCS:
    (1) A right of access to the easement area;

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    (2) The right to permit compatible uses of the easement area, which 
may include such activities as hunting and fishing, managed timber 
harvest, or periodic haying or grazing, if such use is consistent with 
the long-term protection and enhancement of the purposes for which the 
easement was established;
    (3) The right to determine compatible uses on the easement area and 
specify the amount, method, timing, intensity and duration of the 
compatible use;
    (4) The rights, title and interest to the easement area as specified 
in the conservation easement deed; and
    (5) The right to perform restoration, protection, enhancement, 
maintenance, and management activities on the easement area.
    (c) The landowner shall convey title to the easement which is 
acceptable to the NRCS. The landowner shall warrant that the easement 
granted to the United States is superior to the rights of all others, 
except for exceptions to the title which are deemed acceptable by the 
NRCS.
    (d) The landowner shall:
    (1) Comply with the terms of the easement;
    (2) Comply with all terms and conditions of any associated agreement 
or contract;
    (3) Agree to the long-term restoration, protection, enhancement, 
maintenance, and management of the easement in accordance with the terms 
of the easement and related agreements;
    (4) Have the option to enter into an agreement with governmental or 
private organizations to assist in carrying out any landowner 
responsibilities on the easement area; and
    (5) Agree that each person who is subject to the easement shall be 
jointly and severally responsible for compliance with the easement and 
the provisions of this part and for any refunds or payment adjustment 
which may be required for violation of any terms or conditions of the 
easement or the provisions of this part.