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� E. CONSERVATION POLICY. Preservation of the Protected Property will further those governmental.policies established by the following: • Minnesota Laws 2005, First Special Session, Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 11, Subd.S(b}, which provides funding to accelerate programs for the purposes of planriing, improving, and protecting important natural areas in the metropolitan region and portions of the surrounding counties. . • Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103A, which promotes protection of Minnesota's waters and their adjacent lands and Minnesota Statutes Section 103A.206 in particular, which recognizes the economic and environmental importance of maintaining and enhancing the soil and water resources of this state and role of private lands in these conservation efforts. � Minnesota Statutes Section 103A.201, which specifically promotes the protection of wetlands and Minnesota Statutes Section 103A.202, which specifically declares that it is 'in'the public interest to preserve the wetlands of this state to conserve surface � water's, maintain and improve water quality, preserve wildlife habitat, reduce runoff, provide for floodwater retention, reduce stream sedimentation, contr-ibute to improved subsurface moisture, and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape. • Minnesota Statutes Chapter 84C, which recognizes the importance of private conservation efforts by authorizing conservation easements for the protection of natural, scenic, or open space values of real property, assuring its availability for agriculture, forest,recreatioiial, or open space use,protecting natural resources, and maintainirig or enhancing air or water quality. . � • Ciry of Orono Environmental Protection Plan, September 2000,which identifies Long Lalce as an important natural resource in the community. • 1Vlinriehaha Creek Watershed District Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan, May'2006,whicli identifies key conservation areas and priorities within the Minnesota Creek Watershed. ' F. CONSERVATION;INTENT. �The Owner and the Land Trust are committed to protecting and preserving the Conservation Values of the Protected Property in perpetuity. Accordingiy, it is their intent to create and implement a conservation easement that is binding upon the current Owner and all future owners of the Protected Property and that conveys to the Land Trust the right to protect and preserve the Conservation Values of the Protected Property for the benefit of this generation and generations to come. CONVEYAIVCE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT: 3