This easement, made between a landownerand a conservationorganisation, maintainstheprivateownershipoftheproperty while permanently prohibitingcertaintypesofdevelopment.
In the 1998 case, the Sierra Club successfully challenged a privatelandowner on the Moose River in Hamilton County to establish the right of paddlers to cross private tracts.
It was caused by a privatelandowner clearing vegetation with a weed trimmer, which may have hit a rock and produced a spark that ignited the dry brush, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Linda Christman said.