Lion's Den Gorge

Uses and Limitations

Oz/Wash Land Trust Easement:

The right to provide: low-impact based outdoor recreation, including but not limited to hiking, bird watching and cross-country skiing.

The right to upgrade, construct, or place the following improvements on the property:

  • - existing driveway

  • - parking area

  • - restroom

  • - staircase or similar structure for the purpose of providing safe, controlled access to the beach

  • - educational, informational, and or perimeter signs

  • - hiking trails or walking paths

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    Following specific uses and activities are prohibited:

  • - commercial and industrial uses or activities

  • - Metallic and non-metallic mining operations, including removal or extraction of minerals by any surface mining method.

  • - Construction of any structure, improvement or road, except as provided above.

  • - Division or subdivision of the Property into smaller parcels

  • - Use of motorized vehicles on the property except in connection with permitted activities or uses and in connection with habitat and resource management and monitoring.

  • - Harvesting or removal of timber or vegetation except in accordance with the permitted uses and activities, removal and control of invasive species, and to avoid dangerous situations.

  • - Dumping, storage or disposal of waste, refuse, sludge or sewage, inoperative vehicles or debris of any kind

  • - Agricultural or horticultural uses

  • - Erection or placement of billboards or signs on the land except as provided above.

  • - Alteration of the surface of the Property, including filling, excavation, removal or placement of topsoil, sand, gravel or other material except as provided for above.

  • - Burning of trash, garbage or other materials

  • - Construction of any utility pipe line, cable, cellular tower or structure above, on or under the surface of the property

    • Stewardship Contract and Land Management Plan

    To assure the natural, conservation, wildlife habitat, and open spaces values will be protected in perpetuity

    Protect the natural vegetation, animals, soils, land, water, and other biotic and abiotic components

    Shall attempt to stabilize eroding areas

    Honeysuckle, buckthorn and other invasive exotic shrubs shall be removed as resources allow

    Restrictions:

    • - no topographic changes

    • - no extraction of subsurface materials, or alterations of the natural landscape or waters by excavation, filling, drainage, tiling, ditching, or any other means except as may be approved

    • - no construction or placement of any new building or structures, permanent or mobile,

    • - no construction or placement of any billboards or other advertising materials

    • - no playing fields or play grounds

    • - no antennas, towers, roads, driveways or any other temporary or permanent structure or improvements (except that the existing driveway into the property may be maintained and upgraded and a small parking area may be constructed

    • - signs for educational or informational purposes may be erected and perimeter signage may be places along the boundaries

    • - staircase to the beach and restroom may be constructed or placed on the property

    • - may develop hiking trails

    • - no placing or storing, temporarily or permanently, of any material including animal feeds and wastes, soil, ashes, trash, sawdust, brush, piles of gravel, garbage or any unsightly, offensive or hazardous material

    • - no industrial or commercial activity

    • - Recreation allowed: Hiking,Nature study, Environmental education and research

    • - No camping, horseback riding, or bicycling except on the driveway on to the property

    • - Hunting is at the discretion of the owner

    • - No operation of any motorized recreational vehicle, including, but not limited to snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and dune buggies, except as needed for maintenance and land management purposes.