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30 <br /> Model Conservation Easement Revised <br /> recorded at Plat Book_, Page , Orange County Registry (hereafter referred to as "the <br /> recorded plat"), said property consisting of approximately 70.63 acres and hereinafter referred to <br /> as "the Property." The Grantor and Grantees have agreed to subject 47.13 acres of the Property <br /> to a conservation easement. The area is a portion of three parcels identified with Orange County <br /> PIN'S 9854716006, 9854815060, and 9853797619. The area is hereinafter referred to as "the <br /> Easement Area." The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on <br /> Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein. <br /> B. The Grantee Orange County is a body politic existing under Chapter 153A of the <br /> North Carolina General Statutes, and the Grantee Eno River Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit <br /> corporation, and each of them is qualified to hold Easements under the applicable laws of the <br /> State of North Carolina and is a qualified organization under I.R.C. section 170(h). <br /> C. Grantor and Grantee acknowledge that the North Carolina Land and Water Fund <br /> provided Grantee Orange County a grant related to its purchase of the easement(Project 2020- <br /> 049) and acknowledges that part of the Property is subject to a Conservation Easement in favor <br /> of the State of North Carolina, dated , 2020, and recorded in Deed Book , <br /> Page , Orange County Registry, the area of said easement being shown as <br /> 46 on the Plat recorded in Plat Book , Page , of the Orange <br /> County Registry (hereafter be referred to "NCLWF Easement"). <br /> D. The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land and forest land. <br /> The majority of the soils on the Easement Area have been classified as "prime" or"statewide <br /> important" soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Property contains <br /> a section of stream known as Rocky Run and its tributaries, which flow generally northeastward <br /> before entering into the Eno River and Lake Ben Johnson, a public drinking water supply <br /> reservoir serving the Town of Hillsborough. The entire Property is located within the designated <br /> "critical area" of the Upper Eno Protected Watershed. It is the primary purposes of this <br /> Conservation Easement to protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity <br /> of the Property, and to protect water quality of the surface waters in the watershed of the Lake <br /> Ben Johnson Reservoir and the Eno River. <br /> The Property also includes outstanding riparian and woodland habitats for a variety of <br /> native flora and fauna of the North Carolina Piedmont important to the Grantor and Grantees, the <br /> people of Orange County and the people of North Carolina. Furthermore, to the extent practical, <br /> the Grantor wishes to maintain the Property for certain public outdoor recreation uses as more <br /> particularly described herein and protect the historical features on the Property, namely the <br /> Moorefields Home and Grounds (c. 1785) listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. It is <br /> the secondary purpose of this Conservation Easement to protect the natural, outdoor recreational <br /> and historical resources. <br /> Page 2 of 22 <br />