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EXHIBIT 7 MINIMUM TERMS FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND EASEMENTS FISCAL YEAR 2014 FUNDED AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT 1) When these terms are appended as an exhibit to the Agricultural Land Easement deed, as opposed to being inserted directly into an Agricultural Land Easement deed, this paragraph will be inserted at the bottom of the ACEP funded Agricultural Land Easement deed immediately before the signature pages: The Agricultural Land Easement is acquired with funds provided, in part, by the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program ( "ACEP ") under Cooperative Agreement Number [## - # ###- ##-##] dated [Date of Cooperative Agreement] between the [Cooperating Entity Name(s)] and the United States of America (the United States), by and through the Commodity Credit Cooperation and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As required by 16 U.S.C. § 3865 et seq and as a condition of receiving ACEP funds, all present and future use of the [Insert Defined Term for Parcel] identified in EXHIBIT (legal description or survey) is and shall remain subject to the terms and conditions described in the Minimum Terms For Agricultural Land Easements in EXHIBIT which is appended to and made a part of this easement deed. The terms and conditions described in the Minimum Terms For Agricultural Land Easements shall run with the land in perpetuity. The Minimum Terms For Agricultural Land Easements, the easement deed, and all exhibits to each, shall be collectively referred to as the Agricultural Land Easement or this Deed. In the event a discrepancy arises between the Minimum Terms For Agricultural Land Easements and the easement deed, the terms of the Minimum Terms For Agricultural Land Easements control. 2) A fully executed copy of the Exhibit below must be attached to the ACEP funded Agricultural Land Easement Deed at the time of closing and recordation: EXHIBIT MINIMUM TERMS FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND EASMENTS The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program facilitated and provided funding through a Cooperative Agreement for the purchase of an Agricultural Land Easement (the Agricultural Land Easement) on real property described in Exhibit (the Property) for the purpose of protecting the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of the Property by limiting nonagricultural uses of the Property [Alternatively: protecting grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving the Property.] A copy of the Cooperative Agreement is kept on file at the offices of NRCS at, and at the offices of the [Cooperating Entity Name(s)], The [LANDOWNER NAME(s)], (collectively Grantor); the [COOPERATING ENTITY NAME(S)] (collectively Grantee) and the United States of America (the United States), acting by and through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS) on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), jointly referred to as the "Parties" acknowledge that the Agricultural Land Easement is acquired to protect the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of the Property by limiting nonagricultural uses of the Property [Alternatively: protect the grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving the Property], thereby preserving and protecting in perpetuity the multiple, interrelated land features which are critical to agricultural lands, historic structures, archaeological resources, open space, and wildlife habitats. This Agricultural Land Easement protects acres of prime, unique, or other productive soil [Alternatively: grassland] which is _% of the Property [and habitat for [list species]].] [and historic /archaeological Attachment number 1 F -7 Page 198