Committee combs through draft Conservation Restriction; calls for clearer baseline and public-access language

The CR Committee conducted a detailed, page-by-page review of the draft Conservation Restriction (CR), with Anna Wilkins of the North County Land Trust guiding the committee through the 'purposes' section, reserved rights and baseline documentation requirements. Wilkins emphasized that the 'purposes' section is central to the CR because it defines the conservation values that determine what actions are permitted or prohibited on the land. She told the committee: “This is probably the most important part of a conservation restriction because, the purposes really lays out why you're protecting the land and what the, the conservation values of the restriction are.”