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11 <br /> management is intended, a Forest Management Plan is not required, but there shall be no <br /> active forest management without an approved Forest Management Plan. <br /> A Harvest Plan prepared by a North Carolina registered forester("Harvest Plan")must be <br /> submitted to the Grantee for its approval at least thirty (30) days prior to any commercial <br /> harvest of timber. There shall be no active timber harvest without a Harvest Plan approved <br /> by Grantee. All timber harvesting shall be conducted: (1)outside the Water Quality Buffer <br /> as defined in Section 2(E); (2) on a sustainable yield basis; and (3) in accordance with a <br /> written Forest Management Plan and Best Management Practices described below. No <br /> commercial silvicultural activity may occur until the Forest Management Plan and a more <br /> specific Harvest Plan have been approved in writing by the Grantee. <br /> All forest management activities shall be conducted in accordance with North Carolina <br /> Division of Forest Resources' Best Management Practices guidelines for timber harvest <br /> and management as the same may be promulgated by law or regulation in the State of North <br /> Carolina and as adopted by the North Carolina organization of professional foresters, as <br /> may be amended from time-to-time. <br /> Notwithstanding the foregoing, tree or vegetation cutting may be permitted outside the <br /> Water Quality Buffer (as defined in Section 2(E) below) without approval of the Grantee <br /> to maintain existing trail and road access, cutting for firewood and for the maintenance of <br /> fences and permitted ponds. <br /> (B) Agricultural and Horticultural Use <br /> Except as prohibited within the Water Quality Buffer pursuant to the terms of Section 2(E), <br /> and subject to the terms set forth in 2(I) below, agricultural use, horticultural use, and <br /> grazing of the Property are permitted provided that all such uses are conducted in a manner <br /> not inconsistent with the purposes of this Conservation Easement and provided further that: <br /> (i) Livestock are permitted, but under no circumstances shall there be such use <br /> of a size or scope as to constitute an industrial or factory-type agricultural or <br /> livestock operation, intensive livestock operations, or animal husbandry, any of <br /> which may be characterized by the continuous confinement of livestock in tightly <br /> confined environments for the purposes of raising, feeding, and fattening for <br /> market. Waste retention ponds and anaerobic lagoons are not allowed on the <br /> Property. Slaughtering facilities are not permitted on the Property; provided, <br /> however, that slaughtering facilities are permitted for the sole purposes of <br /> slaughtering animals predominantly raised on the Property. In no event shall <br /> animals be brought onto the Property solely for purposes of slaughter. As used <br /> herein, the term "livestock" means equine animals, cloven-hoofed animals, <br /> chickens,turkeys, ducks, geese, or other domestic fowl. As used herein, "intensive <br /> livestock operations" means "concentrations of 300 or more animal units" or"any <br /> enclosure, pen, feedlot, building, or group of buildings intended for the confined <br /> feeding, breeding, raising or hold of animals where animal waste may accumulate <br /> or where vegetative cover cannot be maintained due to the concentration of <br /> 5 <br />