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<br /> <br /> <br />Page 5 of 21 <br />forth in Paragraph 8 and Paragraph 14) and written notice is provided to Grantee, together with <br />any rights not specifically prohibited by or limited by this Conservation Easement, and consistent <br />with this Conservation Easement. Unless otherwise specified below, nothing in this <br />Conservation Easement shall require Grantor to take any action to restore the condition of the <br />Property after any natural disaster or other event over which they had no control. Grantor <br />understands that nothing in this Deed of Conservation Easement relieves it of any obligation or <br />restriction on the use of the Property imposed by law. <br /> <br />4. Right to Farm <br /> <br />Grantor retains the right to farm, or to permit others to farm the Property, consistent with <br />the conservation values of the Property and in accordance with applicable local, state and federal <br />laws and regulations. <br /> <br />Subject to the terms of this Conservation Easement, farming, grazing, horticultural and <br />animal husbandry operations are permitted only if conducted consistent with Best Management <br />Practices promulgated by the State of North Carolina or equivalent standard and in conformity <br />with a Conservation Plan as required in Paragraph 9 of this Conservation Easement. <br /> <br />Cattle and other livestock are allowed to exist and to graze on the Property, except within <br />a 100-foot stream buffer, 50 feet on either side of the stream as measured from the center of the <br />stream to the top of bank and perpendicular to the stream—the locations of which are identified <br />and marked on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Exhibit A is a copy of a GIS <br />rendering of the Property, the original of which will be maintained with the Baseline Report at <br />the office of the Orange County Environment and Resource Conservation Department. If <br />applicable: Fencing intended to keep cattle and other livestock out of the 100-foot stream buffer <br />shall be installed no later than six months after the signing of this Conservation Easement. <br />Livestock are permitted, but under no circumstances shall there be such use of a size or <br />scope as to constitute an industrial or factory-type agricultural or livestock operation, intensive <br />livestock operations, or animal husbandry characterized by the continuous confinement of <br />livestock in tightly confined environments for the purposes of raising, feeding, and fattening for <br />market. <br />Terrestrial crops must be produced with plant roots in living soil, or in living soil mixed <br />or fertilized with materials and products allowed in organic production, in connection with the <br />subsoil and bedrock. Aquatic plants, such as water cress which naturally grow in water, are <br />excluded from this requirement. Mushrooms, which are not plants and therefore do not depend <br />on minerals from soil, are excluded from this requirement. <br />All forms of hydroponic crop production, which is a generic class of soil -less production <br />whereby terrestrial plants are grown with their roots in a nutrient solution only or in an inert <br />medium to which a nutrient solution is added, are prohibited. Aquatic plants are excluded from <br />this prohibition. <br />Growing annual or perennial seedlings or transplants in container vessels for further <br />transplanting into soil is permitted. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: F68C289B-897D-4E9C-8B77-C5477012992E