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• Beef cattle <br /> • Pasture <br /> • Streams <br /> Conservation Easement: <br /> ➢ Perpetual easement <br /> ➢ Rights of privacy <br /> ➢ Right to farm <br /> ➢ Agricultural buildings/structures <br /> ➢ 2 future home sites <br /> ➢ 1 future subdivision <br /> Funding partners: <br /> ➢ Orange County <br /> ➢ Eno River Association (Healthy Forest Grant) <br /> ➢ Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative <br /> ➢ State of NC (CREP). <br /> ➢ Town of Hillsborough <br /> ➢ Landowner donation <br /> • CREP Project <br /> • Fencing (8,000 ft.) <br /> • Buffer restoration <br /> • New water sources <br /> • Riparian buffer easement (State) <br /> • Brooks Farm <br /> Conservation partnership: <br /> Dennis and Linda Brooks <br /> Orange County <br /> Eno River Association <br /> Orange Soil &Water Conservation <br /> Healthy Forests Initiative <br /> Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative (Raleigh) <br /> Town of Hillsborough <br /> NC Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program <br /> USDA Farm Services Agency <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that this is this first time Hillsborough has partnered <br /> financially with Orange County on a conservation easement. <br /> Commissioner Gordon thanked the Brooks family for their generous donation and also <br /> thanked staff who had been working on this project. <br /> Commissioner Gordon pointed out her comments and questions on the blue sheet, <br /> shown below: <br />