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5/26/99 3. Five percent (5%) for the Coastal and Estuarine Water Beach Access Program. Local funding to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) through. revenue stamps began in the 1996-97 fiscal year. Through March 1999, Orange County (including the towns) has contributed $1,351,727 into the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund through the state's 48% portion of the funding arrangement. Of that amount, $304,139 has gone to the local government matching grants program. To date, the N.C. Recreation and Parks Authority has allocated $31,500 back into Orange County, to the Town of Hillsborough for the Occoneechee Mountain Park. This is the only local funding received. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the local revenue stamps goes to the Natural Heritage Trust Fund created under G.S. 113-77.7. The monies generated from this fund are used to acquire natural lands for state parks, preserves, wildlife conservation areas, coastal reserves, natural and scenic rivers, historic site properties, and other outdoor recreation and natural areas. Fund priorities are given to projects that will protect areas of state or national ecological significance or outstanding cultural significance, and are granted only to state and federal agencies.Z Funds are only available to state agencies, or local governments working in conjunction with state agencies. To date, Orange County has contributed $337,932 to the Natural Heritage Fund program through revenue stamps. The only federal or state programs in Orange County that have received money is the Eno River State Park. 2 From the Natural Heritage Trust Fund webpage. 28