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~~S-aabG -ate ~ <br />©2 -a g - n~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION HONORING ALLEN AND EVELYN LLOYD ~ ~' <br />For Their Protection of Occoneechee Mountain <br />WHEREAS, Occoneechee Mountain is one of the most important landmarks in Orange County -with <br />its summit rising 350 feet above Hillsborough and the Eno River, the 867-foot summit is the highest <br />point in the Triangle Region; and <br />WHEREAS, Occoneechee Mountain has long been respected and enjoyed by generations of Native <br />Americans and more recent settlers and residents of Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, Occoneechee Mountain's unusual assemblage of plants and animals makes it one of the <br />most important natural areas in the Triangle Region; and <br />WHEREAS, despite the proximity of a burgeoning population, a railroad, and an interstate highway, <br />most of Occoneechee Mountain has remained wild and undeveloped over the 250-year history of <br />Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, protection of Occoneechee Mountain began over 40 years ago through the far-sighted <br />efforts of Allen and Pauline Lloyd who, in the early 1960s, purchased 66 acres located adjacent the <br />Eno River and the mountain summit; and <br />WHEREAS, the Lloyd's actions led to the donation of 28 acres on Occoneechee Mountain by Cone <br />Mills to the Town of Hillsborough, the donation of 14 acres by Elizabeth Matheson to the Eno River <br />Association, and the sale of 96 acres to the State of North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, in 1999, the State of North Carolina, with assistance from The Nature Conservancy and <br />the Eno River Association, established the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area for the long- <br />term protection and public use of the site; and <br />WHEREAS, for over 40 years the Lloyds owned and protected one of more ecologically significant <br />sections of the mountain, including the fabled Panther's Den, and over that period, the Lloyds resisted <br />many offers to sell their land so that it would remain undeveloped; and <br />WHEREAS, this past December, Allen and Evelyn Lloyd sold their 66 acres to the Eno River <br />Association so that it would become permanently protected as part of the Occoneechee Mountain <br />State Natural Area; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br />hereby thank Allen Lloyd for his foresight and early leadership in the protection Occoneechee <br />Mountain, without which it is highly uncertain whether there would be an Occoneechee Mountain <br />natural area. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board recognizes and thanks Allen and Evelyn Lloyd for the <br />recent sale of their 66 acres to the Eno River Association for its eventual conveyance to the State of <br />North Carolina for an addition to Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area. <br />This the 9th day of February, 2006. <br />t3arry ~acoo it <br />Orange C my o rd Commissioners <br />Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />