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18 <br /> 1 The planned agricultural conservation easement would be held by Orange County. The <br /> 2 easement would enhance the protection of this Century Farm. The easement would expand <br /> 3 and complement assistance from the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District that will <br /> 4 restore vegetative stream buffers, fence cattle from the stream, and provide an alternative <br /> 5 source of water with separate funding from the NC Conservation Reserve Enhancement <br /> 6 Program (CREP). CREP will require a permanent riparian buffer easement held by the State of <br /> 7 North Carolina which totals approximately 1.5 acres for the 70-acre property. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 David Stancil made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Spring Crest Farm <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Photos of land <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Funding Partners: <br /> 16 $ 131,000 (51%) Orange County (Lands Legacy) <br /> 17 $ 64,000 (25%) NC ADFP Trust Fund Grant <br /> 18 $ 61,000 (24%) Landowner donation (Woods family) <br /> 19 $ 256,000 (100%) Total Easement <br /> 20 <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Commissioner Greene asked if the CREP could be explained. <br /> 23 David Stancil said this is a program that is offered through the USDA Natural Resource <br /> 24 Conservation Service, as well as the State. He said this program is available to farmers and <br /> 25 rural landowners to help fund things like exclusion fencing to keep livestock out streams, etc. <br /> 26 He said it is a separate program that is able to work in conjunction with the County's easement <br /> 27 program. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 30 RESOLUTION <br /> 31 Approval of Conservation Easement <br /> 32 between <br /> 33 Orange County <br /> 34 and <br /> 35 Kimberly Woods <br /> 36 <br /> 37 WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural areas, <br /> 38 wildlife habitat, prime farmland, and open space in the county; and <br /> 39 <br /> 40 WHEREAS, Orange County established the Lands Legacy Program for the purpose of <br /> 41 protecting the most significant natural and cultural resources through partnerships with <br /> 42 landowners and other conservation entities; and <br /> 43 <br /> 44 WHEREAS, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation <br /> 45 easements on prime farmland within water supply watersheds; and <br /> 46 <br /> 47 WHEREAS, the Spring Crest Farm property includes approximately 70 acres in the Little River <br /> 48 protected watershed, consisting of a majority of prime agricultural soils, and includes 2,000 <br /> 49 linear feet of tributaries that drain to the Little River Reservoir— a drinking water supply reservoir <br /> 50 for the City of Durham; and <br />