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Fickle Creek Farm Conservation Easement Draft BOCC Jan 22 6 This instrument prepared by and return to: Geoffrey E. Gledhill, Coleman, Gledhill, Hargrave & Peek, P.C., P.O. Drawer 1529, Hillsborough, NC 27278 • e0 -• WE 11 ho I was] •1• WARRANTY This Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement ( "Conservation Easement ") is granted on this — day of , 2006, by NOAH N. RANELLS and BEN A. BERGMA.NN, tenants in common, having an address of 4122 Buckhorn Road, Efland, NC 27243 (referred to as "Grantors "), to ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (referred to as "Grantee "). Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple, of certain farm Property, more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Property"), which consists of approximately 61 acres. of land, located in Bingham Township, Orange County, North Carolina and identified as on the plat of property titled "Conservation Easement Plat for the Property of Noah Ranells and Ben Bergmann," prepared by , P.L.S., which plat is recorded at Plat Book _, Page Orange County Registry (PIN 9842 -05- 4746). The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land. The majority of the soils on the Property have been classified as "prime" or "statewide important" soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (also referred to as "MRCS" or "the United States "). It is the primary purpose of this Conservation Easement to protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity of the Property. The Property also includes streams that flow through the Property on their way to where they eventually flow into Cane Creek, a source of drinking water for residents of Orange County.