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3 <br />To: John Link, County Manager <br />From: David r *% * Environment • Resource Conservation Director <br />Craig Benedlct� Planning Director <br />Date: March 9, 2000 <br />Re: RLMew • . the Greene Tract for Potential <br />nTV,1-,Fc-M- —Pordo—ns or tne property. might be Mimi, <br />appropriate. <br />iI 1 . " !i i•^ Y ! F K L ♦ R' .i I _ !' 7 lr- __ _ 1 •. . <br />r r. M • '- •. a ''�_1- <br />While one of the surveys remains incomplete at this rime, it is apparent that there are two <br />primary implications that can be drawn: <br />1. The cultural survey has identified two sites that may qualify for the National Register of <br />Historic Places. Any land disturbing or human activities should attempt to avoid these -sites <br />and their immediate environs, for possible future archaeological work. (These sites are <br />shown on the map in a circular area Identified with an °H'). <br />2. The biological resource survey appears to Indicate that the mesic oak (Le., dry or uplands <br />oak) and mixed hardwood fbrest In the northern portion of the Greene tract Is more likely to <br />host dw greater variety of species, and as such might be seen as the most significant <br />biological rA • •- on t- The potential t t . t and mIx6d hardwood forest In the <br />so 't c, r portion of the t- are also worthy of •t- <br />r rima!y Implicatims ITIft • • - • • • tr _r - - <br />yea i <br />- - r <br />