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D~~aft 17 significant "Resource Protection Areas" from adverse development impacts, including natural areas, wildlife corridors and lands placed by individual property owners into conservation easements; and (3) the protection of similar Orange County properties designed to protect conservation and open space values tluough conservation easements granted to the Grantee and others in the vicinity of the Grantor's Property; and (4) Article 17 of the North Carolina General Statutes 11.3A-24, entitled Conservation, Farmland and Open Space Protection and Coordination, otherwise known as the "Million Acre Initiative," which provides that the State of North Carolina shall encourage, facilitate, plan, coordinate, and support appropriate federal, State, local, and private land protection efforts so that an additional one million acres of farmland, open space and conservation lands in the State are permanently protected by December 31, 2009; and (5) the requirement by the State of North Carolina of a basinwide management plan for the Cape Fear River, for the purpose of protecting water quality, public water supply, significant wetlands and natural areas within the watershed; and (6) the Cleary Water Management Trust Fund, NCGS 113-145.1 et seq., which recognizes the importance of protecting riparian buffers in protecting and conserving clean surface water; and (7) the Land and Water Conservation Fund (16 USC 4601- 4601-1 I) established by the Recreation Coordination and Development Act (PL 88-29, approved May 28, 1963, 77 Stat, 49), whiclx assists in preserving, developing, and assuring accessibility to all citizens of the United States of present and future generations and visitors who are lawfully present within the boundaries of the United States such quality and quantity of outdoor recreation resources as may be available and are necessary and desirable for individual active participation in such recreation and to strengthen the health and vitality of the citizens of the United States. The natural and wildlife habitat resources of the Property, and its contribution to the outdoor recreational opportunities in this urban area, and its contribution to the protection of the open space and cultural resources of the Town of Caxrboro, and the other conservation interests described herein are collectively referred to as the "conservation values" of the Easement Axea, D. The characteristics of the Easement Area, its current use and state of improvement, are depicted on an Orange County GIS map and sketch of the Easement Area and other adjoining property of Grantor prepared by Grantee for the Grantor, which is attached as Exhibit B to this Conservation Easement and incorporated herein by reference. The Grantor worked with the Grantee to ensure that the GIS map and sketch is a complete and accurate description of the Easement Area as of the date of this Conservation Easement. It will be used by