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Stillhouse Creek Conservation Easement
<br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
<br />ORANGE COUNTY
<br />Draft 6/17/03
<br />CONSERVATION EASEMENT
<br />THIS CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED, made this day of
<br />2003, by and between Orange County, North Carolina, having an address of
<br />Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (hereinafter "Grantor"'), and the State of North
<br />Carolina, whose mailing address is State of North Carolina State Property Office, 116 West Jones
<br />Street, Raleigh, NC 27603-8003 (hereinafter "Grantee"). The designations Grantor and Grantee
<br />as used herein shall include said parties, their heirs, successors, and assigns, and shall include
<br />singular, plural, masculine, feminine, or neuter as required by context.
<br />WITNESSETH:
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. 3 143-214.8 et sea., the State
<br />of North Carolina has established the Wetlands Restoration Program (as defined in N.C. Gen Stat.
<br />3 143-214.8) within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the purposes of
<br />acquiring, maintaining, restoring, enhancing, and creating wetland and riparian resources that
<br />contribute to the protection and improvement of water quality, flood prevention, fisheries, aquatic
<br />habitat, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Wetlands Restoration Program in the Department of Environment and
<br />Natural Resources has approved acceptance of this instrument; and
<br />WHEREAS, the acceptance of this instrument for and on behalf of the State of North
<br />Carolina has been granted to the Department of Administration by resolution as approved by the
<br />Governor and Council of State adopted at a meeting held in the City of Raleigh, North Carolina,
<br />on the 8`i' day of February 2000; and
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. 3 143-214.8, two of the
<br />components of the Wetlands Restoration Program are (1) restoration and perpetual maintenance
<br />of wetlands, riparian areas, and surface waters and (2) land ownership and management; and
<br />WHEREAS, Grantor owns in fee simple certain real property situated, lying, and being
<br />in Hillsborough Township, Orange County, North Carolina (the "Protected Property"), and being
<br />more particularly described as that certain parcel of land and
<br />being conveyed to the Grantor by deed recorded in Deed Book at Page of the
<br />Orange County Registry, North Carolina; and
<br />WHEREAS, Grantor is willing to grant a Conservation Easement on the Protected
<br />Property, thereby restricting and limiting the use of the Protected Property to the terms and
<br />conditions and for the purposes hereinafter set forth, and Grantee is willing to accept such
<br />easement.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms, conditions, and
<br />restrictions hereinafter set forth, Grantor unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants and
<br />conveys unto Grantee, its successors and assigns, forever and in perpetuity, a Conservation
<br />Easement of the nature and character and to the extent hereinafter set forth, over a portion of the
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