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<br />GRANT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT
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<br />THIS GRANT OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT is made by and between the
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<br />Trustees of TIlE PLATTE RIVER ~'HOOPING CRANE CRITICAL HABITAT MAINTENANCE TRlIST
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<br />(sometimes known as "The Platte River Whooping Crane Habitat Maintenance
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<br />Trust), Richard E. Spelts, Jr., William L. Guy, and John J. Cavanaugh
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<br />(hereinafter the "Trust"), and THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (hereinafter the
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<br />"Conservancy") .
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<br />WITNESS TRAT:
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<br />WHEREAS, the Trust was established in thst settlement dated December
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<br />4, 1978, of the litigation styled Nebraska, et a1. v. Ray and Nebraska, et a1.
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<br />v. REA, et al., Case Nos. CV 78-L-90 and CV 78-L-242, respectively, in the
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<br />United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Nebraska, et a1. v.
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<br />REA, et al., No. 78-1775, and Nebraska, et al. v. Ray, et al., No. 78-1778,
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<br />respectively, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit)
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<br />and exists by virtue of a trust declaration styled THE PLATTE RIVER WHOOPING
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<br />CRANE HABITAT MAINTENANCE TRUST (hereinafter the "Trust Declaration"); and
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<br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the Trust, as more fully set out in the Trust
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<br />Declaration, is to protect and maintain the migt'atory bird habitat in the
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<br />so-called Big Bend area for the protection and preservat.iou of the whooping
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<br />c.-rane, and the sandhill cranes; iiUd
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<br />WHEREAS, the Couser'lancy, a non-profit corporation, organized alld
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<br />existi~ under the laws of the District of Columbia, is dedicated to the
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<br />preservation of ecological di'lersity and guided by the followi~ objectives:
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<br />a) to preserve biological diversity through the protectiOn and maintenance of
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<br />habitat for flora, fauna ;'Ind biotic communities,
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<br />b) to promote the
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<br />conservation and proper use of natural resources, and c) to advance the
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<br />foregoil1S objectives in cooperation with other organizations having similar
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<br />aud relsted objectives; and
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<br />WHEREAS, having pre'liously acquired title from the Conservancy, the
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<br />Tr.Jst currently owns that real property (as defined 1.u Neb.. Reva Stat. 76-201j
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<br />in Hall County, Nebraska more particularly described as follows:
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<br />Parcel I:
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<br />Lot On. (1) in the NonhweGt Quarter (l>I1oI lf4) of Section Four (4),
<br />and L9t four. (4) on Island in Section Five (5), all being in Townslup
<br />Hille (9) North, Range Ten (10) \lut of the 6th P.M.: also Lots Six
<br />(6), .Seven (7), Ten (1Q), Eleven (11), T"dve (12), Bnd Thirteen (13)
<br />on lalawl In. Secli,,,, Thirty Thr<le (.33), '1180, the North Half of the
<br />Northe!lllt Q\I;l,rte.r (Ni/Z HE 1/4), ",,<I th.. Northeast QU{l.rter of the.
<br />North"'-*t Quarter (NE 1/4 nil 1/4) Md "18,, the Northwest Quaner of
<br />the Npnl\"'e"t Ql.;aner 0.11' 1/4 NW 114) (:>aid 1>101 1/4 NW J!4 aho know"
<br />lill l.<!t 1 on I"land) all i.o S.'<;t1on illLHy l'ovt (,)4), <tll'b.".J.l\j?, in
<br />i'<l"'nlll!il' 'tilH} (10) North, ".aO&" ,e" (10) \0H-t.."", the 6th P.M. j n Hall
<br />Count y, ~..brll",i<Il. ~'.
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