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