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RB5734 472 18120 Exhibit B Summary of Baseline Documentation Report Bliss-Dobyns Conservation Easement Orange County DEAPR(December 2013) This is a summary of the Baseline Documentation Report for a Conservation Easement to be granted to Orange County,North Carolina(Grantee)by Laura Katherine Bliss and Brian Dobyns(Grantors), having an address of 828 Mount Willing Road, Efland,NC 27243 Background Laura Katherine Bliss and Brian Dobyns are owners of a 35.47-acre parcel of land (PIN 9854105504) that will be subject to the conservation easement. The property is located east of Mount Willing Road (SR 1120),approximately one-third mile south of the intersection with West Ten Road(SR 1144)in central Orange County(Cheeks Township). Bliss and Dobyns purchased property in 1994(Deed Book 1309/25)and reside in a new energy- efficient home surrounded by several outbuildings once used by the former farm. The property is adjacent to land owned by Orange County for the planned Seven Mile Creek Nature Preserve. The Bliss-Dobyns property is located in the Upper Eno River watershed, which the County has identified as a priority watershed for conserving riparian buffers that help protect important aquatic habitat and drinking water quality. An intermittent stream originates on the property and flows southward, and eventually joins Sevenmile Creek—a principal tributary of the Eno River—a source of drinking water for residents of Hillsborough and Orange County. Conservation Values The Easement Area has important conservation values that will be protected by the Conservation Easement. Those values are described below. 1) /Natural area and wildlife habitat: It is a primary purpose of the conservation easement to conserve the largely undeveloped nature of the property and,in doing so, to support the natural area and wildlife habitat associated with this area. The property is located in an unusually undeveloped area recognized by Orange County as the Sevenmile Creek/Cane Creek Macrosite, a natural heritage area of regional significance that hosts a broad diversity of plants and wildlife types,and described on Page 69 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 NC Natural Heritage Program. The property is also located in close proximity to a significant natural heritage area (Crabtree Creek Monadnock Ridge),which serves as an important wildlife corridor and is described on Page 73 of the aforementioned Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Orange County, North Carolina. Most of the property is forested with mixed hardwoods and some patches of mature pine. That forested area serves as a link to the Orange County nature preserve located on three sides of the Property. These woodlands support and help protect the natural area and wildlife habitat associated with this area. Page 1 of 2