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(~ i~olpe Conser°vation Easenaertt 11-.24-03 draft (clemr) Prepared by and return to: Geoffrey E. Gledhill; Coleman, Gledhill, Hargrave and Peet; P, O. Drawer 1529; Hillsborough, NC 27278 NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGE CONSERVATION EASEMENT Ihis Grant of Conservation Easement (hereinafter "Conservation Easement") is made the _ day of , 2002 by MARK VOI,PE and LORI VOLPE, husband azrd wife, having an address at 1717 Halls Mill Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (hereinafter "Grantors") and ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (hereinafter "Grantee"). The designation Grantors and Grantee as used herein shall include said parties, their heirs, successors and assigns, and shall include singular, plural, masculine, feminine or neuter pronouns as required by context. RECITALS A. The Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple of certain Property, more par°ticularly described in Exhibit A, attached her°eto and incorporated herein (the "Grantors' Property") which consists of approximately 23.5 acres of land, located in Cheeks Township, Orange County, North Carolina, and identified as on the plat of property dated titled "Property Survey for Mark and Lori Volpe," prepared by Callemyn- Parker, hia, which plat is recorded at Plat Book _ Page -, Orange Cotmty Registry. These lands, comprising 23.5 acres, are hereinafter collectively referred to either "the Grazltors' Property" or the "Easement Area." To the extent practicable, the Grantors wish to maintain the Grantors' Property as a combination of woodland and open space suitable as habitat for the native flora and fauna of the North Carolina Piedmont, and to prrotect the quality of water rumring off from this land and into the Eno River-a public water supply for residents of Orange County. B. The Grantee is a body politic existing tinder Chapter 15.3A of the North Carolina General Statutes, C- The Easement Area is a significant natural area that qualifies in its present condition as a "_.relatively natural habitat of fish, wildlife, or plants, or similar ecosystem," as that phrase is used in P.L. 96-541, 26 UCS 170(h)(A)(ii), as amended, and in regulations promulgated thereunder. Specifically, the Easement Area is habitat for a variety of native plants and animals lmown to hrYrabit the Eno River Refuge System as described on Pages 41-42 of the Lrvw2tory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Ormrge County, North Carolina Page 1 of 14