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. Closing and recording of conservation easement. . Ongoing, long-term stewardship of conservation easement as required, including annual monitoring, management plan updates at required intervals, and enforcement of easement terms, if and when necessary. Please note that due to the perpetual nature of conservation easements, all conservation easement deeds include a clause which determines the transfer of the easement to another qualified organization or government entity, in the event that the original entity is dissolved or ceases to exist. This entity may be specified in the deed or left to a court decision. The CWCB will be provided a copy of the deed of conservation easement for each property receiving WSRA funds, include an explanation of the land trusts long-term rights and responsibilities and the protocol to be followed should the original easement-holding entity be dissolved. Attachment II to this application is a Draft/Sample Deed of Conservation Easement which includes GOCO required language. Note that additional language may be required by other funders including the CDOW and that other land trusts will be using their conservation easement language for their transactions. This is supplied to provide a sample deed. Method or procedure that will be used or followed to accomplish the task and identifY who will undertake the task: The anticipated four conservation easements funded through this application will be held by three partnering qualified organizations (RiGHT, DU or TNC), based upon negotiations with and preference of the landowners. The implementation will be conducted according to: 1) All legal requirements 2) The best practices determined by the national Land Trust Alliance, and 3) All due diligence requirements of GO CO and/or the CDOW (depending upon funding sources for each specific parcel) will be fulfilled prior to and as a condition of closing. Description of the maior deliverables/products that will be produced upon successful completion of the task: The deliverables produced by this activity will be permanent conservation easements on lands and associated water rights, on the Rio Grande corridor. As a deliverable, the CWCB will be provided with copies of the all due diligence document and deeds of conservation easement placed upon the lands and associated water rights. II. Personnel Provide a list of key water activity/project participants and their qualifications to accomplish the water activity/project. If specific individuals or firms have not yet been identified indicate the types of expertise that will be sought (i.e. professional engineering firm, registered land surveyor, aquatic biologist etc.). Key personnel for this proiect include: . Nancy Butler, Executive Director, Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust Nancy has been the ED of RiGHT for over six years and has successfully fundraised for and completed numerous conservation easements in that time. Nancy has 10 years previous experience with nonprofits including Earthlaw, the Diana Price Fish Cancer Foundation and the Peace Corps. She is responsible for all operations ofthe land trust, including project development, fundraising, office and board management and coordination of the Rio Grande Page 24 of 32 Rio Grande Initiative Janual'Y 2008