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5 Covey Creek Conservation Easement (Underwood) Draft 6/3/09 BOCC Easement further said wish, and will serve the following "Conservation Purposes," as such term is defined in Section 170 (h)(4)(A) of the Code: The Easement Area contains a natural azea that has not been subject to significant development, which provides a "...relatively natural habitat offish, wildlife, or plants, or similaz ecosystem," as that phrase is used in P.L. 96-541, 26 UCS 170(h)(A)(ii), as amended, and in regulations promulgated thereunder. The Easement Area is located immediately upstream of the South Fork Little River Marsh, which is recognized by Orange County as a significant natural heritage site and described on Pages 132-134 of the Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Orange County, North Carolina (December 2004), by Dawson Sather et al. in coordination with the North Cazolina Natural Heritage Program. It is a primary purpose of this Conservation Easement to protect the undeveloped nature of the Easement Area and, in doing so, to support and help protect the natural azea and wildlife habitat associated with this azea. The Easement Area is also within the Little River Protected Watershed, so classified in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Another primary purpose of this Easement is to protect the lazgely undeveloped nature of the Grantor's Property and, in doing so, helping to protect the high quality of that drinking water supply serving the people of Durham County. The Easement Area also contributes to the open space and rural chazacter of this section of Cedar Grove Township. It is a further purpose of this Conservation Easement to help to protect the rural character and open space of Cedar Grove Township. The natural habitat of the Easement Area, and its contribution to the protection of the public water supply watershed, as well as the open space and rural chazacter of Cedaz Grove Township aze collectively referred to as the "conservation values" of the Easement Area The Grantor and Grantee agree that the current uses of and improvements to the Easement Area are consistent with the conservation purposes of this Conservation Easement. The conservation purposes of this easement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, aze also recognized by, and this Conservation Easement will also serve, the following cleazly delineated governmental conservation policies: (1) the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners' goal (adopted June 21, 1999) to identify and coordinate the preservation of the County's most significant natural areas; and (2) the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan (adopted November 18, 2008) with its goal of "Land uses that aze appropriate to on-site Page 2 of 16