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Lands Legacy Action Plan 2005 -08 <br />Upper Eno Riparian Buffers: I Protect riparian buffers in a water ! $500.000 from LLO Fund <br />I Continue to acquire conservation i supply watershed critical area. and/or alternative financing <br />ieasements to protect riparian I Protect prime forest and wildlife for conservation easement <br />buffers in the critical area of the i habitat along upper stretches of the purchases. Pursue grants from <br />Upper Eno protected watershed. j Eno River and Seven Mile Creek. NC Clean Water Trust Fund. <br />Partner with Eno River Association. I NC Ecosystem Enhancement <br />and other sources. <br />Adopted Sept. 12, 2005 <br />Identify priority tracts and <br />willing sellers /donors by Jan <br />2007 and secure options by <br />June 2007. Negotiate <br />acquisitions for closings <br />between July 2007 - June 2008. <br />New Hope Preserve & Trails: <br />I) Connect portions of existing open <br />$300,000 from 2001 Parks <br />I Collaborate with partners <br />Acquire easements and small <br />space network along/near New Hope <br />and Open Space Bond & PIL. <br />(TLC. Chapel Hill, and <br />parcels for public pedestrian trail <br />` Creek. 2) Connect Duke Forest to <br />I Pursue grants from NC Clean <br />Durham County) in pursuing <br />to link existing trail segments <br />1 trails in Durham consistent with the <br />i Water Trust Fund or NC <br />kev lands that are economically <br />along New Hope Creek corridor. <br />i New Hope Creek Master Plan. 3) <br />Ecosystem Enhancement <br />practical by June 2008. <br />Protect riparian buffers. <br />Program. <br />University Natural Areas: <br />Achieve the permanent protection of <br />$10,000 for transaction costs <br />Resume discussions of sites <br />Work with Duke University and <br />1 important natural heritage sites <br />(LLO), if necessary, for <br />and protection alternatives with <br />University of North Carolina on <br />through the use of conservation <br />County held conservation <br />university representatives by <br />j formalizing protection of natural <br />easements. state nature preserve <br />i dedication means. <br />I easements. <br />i December 2006. Seek the <br />I of highest -priority <br />areas on university property. <br />and other <br />protection <br />sites by June 2008. <br />r Faucette's Mill Historic Area: <br />; Protect priority historic structures <br />$25.000 to $100,000 total, <br />Continue discussions with <br />I Acquire additional conservation <br />j and potential archaeological sites, <br />depending on the total acres <br />interested landowners and <br />ieasements to protect the <br />and in doing so also protect prime <br />placed under easement and <br />negotiate acquisitions for <br />combination of historic, <br />{ forest and wildlife habitat associated <br />i what portion are easement <br />closings by June 2008. <br />archaeological and natural <br />with a relatively undeveloped <br />donations. Potential cost- <br />; resources in this area. Partner <br />with Eno River Association. <br />i segment of the Eno River. <br />share with NC Clean Water <br />I Mvmt Trust Fund. <br />` - Cost estimates are rough estimates based on expected per acreage land prices, and actual negotiations may produce different results. As acqur fbw opportwnGes are renewed and evaluated, the cost esumates will be refined. <br />M <br />00 <br />T <br />