[§198-5]  Enforcement of easement.  (a) 
All conservation easements, whether held by public bodies or qualifying private
organizations, shall be considered to run with the land, whether or not such
fact is stipulated in the instrument of conveyance or ownership, and no
conservation easement shall be unenforceable on account of the lack of privity
of estate or contract, or on account of such conservation easement not being an
appurtenant easement, or because such easement is a general easement.



(b)  Actual or threatened injury to or
impairment of a conservation easement, or actual or threatened violation of its
terms, may be prohibited or restrained, or the interest intended for protection
by such easement may be enforced, by injunctive relief granted by any court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding initiated by the grantor or by the
holder of the easement.



(c)  In addition to the remedy of injunctive
relief, the holder of a conservation easement shall be entitled to recover
money damages for any injury to such easement or to the interest being
protected thereby or for the violation of the terms of such easement.  In
assessing such damages there may be taken into account, in addition to the cost
of restoration, the loss of scenic, aesthetic, or environmental value to the
real property subject to the easement, and other damages.



(d)  The court may award to the prevailing
party in any action authorized by this section the costs of litigation,
including reasonable attorney's fees. [L 1985, c 149, pt of §1]