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j~ The dedicated property is not maintained according to sound land management practices such that soil erosion is minimized foreign species are controlled and the watershed is protected jet Other rovisions to the contra notwithstandin a ortion or ortions of a arcel that is beina assessed and dedicated as pasture may be taken out of production as part of an approved forest restoration plan set forth in this chapter for the duration of the approved restoration penod without breaching the terms of the agricultural use dedication Such a plan indicating the acres and area as well as the specific forest restoration work to be done shall be filed with and approved by the director of finance. If the plan is approved the land shall continue to be given the same pasture assessment. The owner shall provide to the director of financeyearly evidence that the forest restoration plan is being implemented as well as a signed and notarized affidavit by a recognized forestry professional that the restoration plan is likely to succeed within the designated time period The owner shall continue to fulfill all other requirements of the agricultural assessment including providing yearly proof that any portion of the parcel not being restored to a native forest but still being assessed for an a ricultural use continues to be used and maintained substantially and continuously in the approved agricultural use If at the end of the time period designated by the native forest restoration plan the land meets the requirements of the native forest class described in this chapter then it shall be classified and rededicated as a native forest If at the end of the time period designated in the plan the land does not meet the requirements of the native forest class the owner may return the land to its designated use as pasture or it shall be assessed and taxed at market value At least one hundred eighty days prior to the cancellation the department of finance shall notify the owner by mail of such cancellation The owner may reapply for renewal of the dedication by filing an application with the director on or before September 1 of the twentieth year The renewal petition shall in all respects be processed in the same manner as an originalpetition Upon approval of succeeding dedications by the director of finance, the property shall continue to be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this section. fg~ If forest dedicated for native forest preservation is destroyed in whole or in part by fire hurricane or other disasters, the director may continue the dedication upon submittal and approval of a forest restoration plan as provided in this section The owner may appeal a petition that has been disapproved as in the case of an appeal from an assessment. 9