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Couple dives
<br />timeless gift
<br />to county
<br />reside~rts
<br />Ca~•Z anti Eve Shy agree to grant
<br />n conse~~atitm easement that
<br />mill preserve their "magical" land
<br />By BQB SBAPARD r-zr~dZ
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<br />HILLSBOROUGH -Orange County. has `~: `~ ;~;' •'-' ~, r f, s ; .' .'.~`:,?~~~ , ~~ ~{~
<br />secured its second conservation easement, ~ •~f'" t, ,~ ""'' f -
<br />donated by Carl and Eve Shy on about 45 acres ;~~"> •• _.'_~ ~'°ry , ~ •-
<br />near the Cane Creek Reservoir in the central ~-, ~ • - .-• ' ,~'~:~ r ~ .: ~
<br />part of the county. a ~ "r .~ i ~~; - ~~.. `~.. ; ~ ~.~y ~~
<br />With conservation easements, owners beep ry .~' . ,~'~ .. • .~~ ~•A~ ,. ' ~ .~ ~ y.
<br />the land but give up the right to develop it. Ease-
<br />marts also can yield tax benefits for the owners.
<br />Owners can pass slang or ~Pll ^-- •® ~~®1 ~,~.
<br />easemPh*~ '- -
<br />`~ ~~ ' of the' NA~• ass at~d • app xo-
<br />. .~" /r~•7 ~ cis,. chess. - - ' . we've beesi• fortunate top .
<br />- lion o£ pxioxitp natvxali - ~ -~• ids comm:tttee• o'beetl tect'impot Nam {~utute ,.
<br />~'~ '~" ~ xesouxce.lands irl. ~p• ,: • . The program has als .land-bank
<br />The Oxarige.G~un ~ceived . ~ the ~Txust foz 'rage sites, p ace and
<br />' ~gacy Pxogxam 200x' acid has since.pxotecfed • ,xecog~ed- by . axklands and o en. sP
<br />Couslti3l' S'.'~•- ~~7G~;aczes. - • ' ' ~~ ` Politic Land and the Natiana ' ~ ensure that pxsme and threat-
<br />. afiExcellence in o f ~~ ' be he=e fox
<br />-~g"avraxd. ~ "The success o£', ~ xo ° Association Pied farmland ~ said David
<br />~e•I~at3.oaa1 Association .~gandisnplem~tattonp,.-: ,o~e'o£,two;z~1exs-u' ,.~cultux ~'
<br />I~lans1ex's last month act xesulti flf the °ha •~ ~,ul s envixoiz-
<br />o,~ :Goutity - fox • cess, is the tlix went :2007 .national' C ~unt P~jj~~11 ~':~pctox.
<br />e xo am ' '• commi.. , . , ,. I1~y~,s.c
<br />i xeco ed : th p ~ overivhelm~g .
<br />~ - 'achievement in • Orange 'Cowin' t)Vrnaasoav, Qcroaen a, zoos • 3A, ~~~,i, o7xz
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<br />we 'build upon the achieve- R~Se3 ~1~
<br />Front Statf Reports merits of our ,trend-settiap & raspb
<br />Orange County's Lands 'i'h&a McKee pro ~' ~t"r' R®~~S ~rrte3
<br />Legacy Program, in conjunction ppnme soils that had . be PrQ t0 0
<br />with tlreUSDAFarm aad Raaeh farmed by several genexati fa C/l -ami range
<br />Land Protecdrnr Program a~ of the ]Birk family. 'the f li'II/%ar whjCl? CO(,ihl, ~,
<br />the local o#ftce of the Natural was gsed as a model for der t?ktt t0 ma n° `Y S n
<br />Resotuce Coaaervalion Service satating sort conservation nor mOSt Y t ~a dS
<br />~ (NRCS):hasagreedtoacquirea, rites w other Orange C °n th@%rdlnarlly reS%den be all t ~egaC
<br />perpetual consatvatiaa ease- farmers antil recant Year IJ
<br />beb 9°od ~ bit at y
<br />t meat on,a 92-acre farm in the land Became falir elf and Wilj
<br />~ Bingham Township that tics McKas. whd also 0
<br />within the Cane Crcelc protected farm in LaRle River ? ether pe t rnpOrta!)~ h aO~s
<br />watushed.-the primary watei Nava improved the ASSO Ople WO!-k
<br />snppIy for Chapel FIrIl sad intend to bang it Clot/ ha y
<br />Catrboro. acrivease. p!'eSent On Of C e nOt%C
<br />The easement serves a dual Conservatloncos l~la ed °U/I},~ ed. 1-
<br />porpose of protecting pdmc land protectioq lac 1.. nnin9 a Zo~~ `Y Play ~e /Va
<br />farmland and protecting the txn0y protects la ruS Aiy FkC Her tlpn
<br />water quality of streartu adJa- .-------- or cnitural •tes qS t f°r P and t° Q'(Jen S reCQ a/
<br />cent to a farm with a long rewrd. •~ McKee fatnfly has offered We county an easement an their prop• while •provid"mf sOGa ubI%C the pr Ce !n C ntl y
<br />of conservation management ~, on ttrudshaw Quarry Road to Ptotcctihe Cane Creak watershed, ~ ~r Le9a tj0/) O~ Cc~nd ah °9rdl~ °unty
<br />practices. y,h~, ~ the taabi wateriaS sonrca for Carrhoto and Chapel 1118 and is h , a a .
<br />The farm is owned by David located on Bradshaw tluarry Read. wet. e~ M~ Hatt°rtal°nC' ° f tW tint/FaS n t P J~at% n thQ
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<br />and Vickie bfcKee; and is locat-
<br />od oa Bzadshaw Quarry Road. wnscxvation easement is ?A04. '"The MalCeea, and before ba the-woo' °nSe!-ya °Uf/ty ~ ~n!?erS mE'Cr Cah Hal
<br />Cana Creek and its itibntary. .~, Lands .Legacy Ptograra them the Kirks. have caeried oa tion carer Year % tl°n eade Up f dS
<br />' Hog Branch: icrve as the wet- applied for and received a grant the best.traditions of agdpuitme saes, and pt. n a r aWdr ~IJ% or tf7
<br />era•aad eastern boundaries of from • the 1fSDA Fazm and is Orange Counry," said Baay coal 10 t °9/'a~ °IN the d. This p In E'
<br />the farm. Ranch Land protection Program Jacobs, Ora board of commis- fezms m l1 °n haS bra IS t
<br />'For many Yeazsi the 92 acres to a for 50 cent of:We cost sinners chaitnran. "we arc wanted °! : been n9e C he SeC
<br />was a paR of a Iatge dairy farm P Y ~
<br />operated and owned by the tau far •the casement acgmsrtron. indeed fommau to forge part- grants. rUnn ount hd
<br />'the umhaee ce for the ease naships such as Ihls with tilt of ~ }~
<br />Robert and tvfemtt Kul:. Roben went is ~ approximately longstanding stewards of pri- commeras4 Sena tFam J~ einam I/p f°r t
<br />]{irk, Vickie McKee's father, SG00,000. vale property in our county as . cd3orial@news°t°r+nC°-~"~ list
<br />had initiated an iogtriry about a
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