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9 <br /> Prepare by and return to: David M. Rooks, III, Northen Blue Law <br /> Firm, P.O. Box 2208, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 <br /> CONSERVATION EASEMENT <br /> This CONSERVATION EASEMENT made this day of <br /> 1996 by and between Rey West Enterprises, Inc. <br /> ( "Grantor" ) and Orange County;,: It3a "Grantee" <br /> .............. ( ) <br /> T <br /> Witnesseth: <br /> WHEREAS, Grantor is the " owner in fee simple of certain <br /> real property more particularly described in Exhibit A attached, <br /> (the "Protected Property" ) that has ecological, scientific, <br /> educational and aesthetic value in its present state as a natural <br /> area; and, <br /> WHEREAS, Grantee is a body politic existing under Chapter <br /> 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Protected Property is a significant natural <br /> area that qualifies as a relatively natural habitat of fish, <br /> wildlife, or plants, or similar ecosystem, " as that phrase is <br /> used in P.L. 96-541 USC 170(h) (4) (A) (ii) , as amended, and in <br /> regulations promulgated thereunder; and <br /> WHEREAS, t#e Grantor and Grantee have the common purpose of <br /> conserving the above-described conservation values of the <br /> Protected Property in perpetuity, and the State of North Carolina <br /> has authorized the creation of Conservation Easements pursuant to <br /> N.C. Gen. Stat. S 121-34 et segx and aster—nd Groantee-wish to <br /> ail themselves of the=pEevisiees of that laws <br /> 1 <br />