Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.623.7 Terms of the easement

Landowners will grant to NRCS an easement which shall run with the land and be in favor of NRCS and its assigns or delegates. The easement shall require the land to be monitored as specified by the WRPO to promote the purposes of this part, including but not limited to maintenance of the restored wetland for entire length of the easement. Such easement shall:  (a) be a permanent reserve interest easement;  (b) require that the maintenance of the land be in accordance with the terms of the easement and with the terms of the WRPO and shall be the responsibility of the owners of the property and their successors of any kind, including, but not limited to, the owners' heirs and assigns;  (c) grant to NRCS a right of access in favor of NRCS and its delegates, assigns and successors of any kind, to the portion of the property which is subject to the provisions of the easement. Maintenance of such access shall be the responsibility of the owner and their successors of any kind;  (d) reserve to NRCS the right to permit such compatible uses of the easement area as may be identified in the WRPO;  (e) reserve to the landowner those compatible uses identified in the WRPO that are permitted to be pursued by the landowner;  (f) be signed by each person with an interest of any kind in the land covered by the easement;  (g) permanently prohibit use of the easement area for cropland, except to harvest an agricultural commodity planted before the easement is perfected;  and (h) require permanent maintenance of the wetland conditions, except in the case of natural disaster.