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The, Chapel ~'~ill l~Tews Frtaay, Judy ~.~, 2000 range crates a legacy o~ land County a6ms to save pristine forests a;tid paces to play. . ~1r STE!'iiAl~d HAE2RE$ The News & Observer Orange County env officials have.begtzn an campaign to preserve o€ acres of land, hoping ';~ ~ ;~~•' ~' ' "' ~ ~'~ :+i S. v man s swaths of we °~ ~; : •t land as nil open fields it ~;y~'~;• • ~~~ ~.1; :F 'l'he Lands Legacy pn .. ~ °``` . ~ ' . _ Of OrilV a t+-" ~ - ~, EFCAH9 tR'aa,~slandeonservatioaman- - alter asked as he baked out fay Arent ianoaeter TimesNews Much of the fend between $iilsborough and Mebane along U.S. 70 could be a hat area for development in ffie next fewyears, but not all of it Just olC the noisy highway, east of Efland,is 88 acres of untovchacJ hardwood Corest near the Eno River, ar,~ ~^' vials in ^"'- over McGowan's Creek fn the nature preserve His answer. "To protect a watershed but ahw to protect some Been space. There will be fewer and fewer of these areas left" Duke University once owned the McGowan Creek Land as part of Duke Forest The unfvowj•- had plaa4 to ~r pens, but the 1.~1-~ l-O.L V _ z tTVE` t In. Orange ®~-~~ ~ scents, they vvi41 be able to ~~~ i randp were ° ~~ Writer to be g d when they ~tarnealnta Sno River gy ANNE gL`f THEE Staff ow' when tt'le chinddrea a natuaal a ens that were aroun with bflae~ is borders, Years from n e farmta of three s ass less OUCH "_ e of the ram the acquisition a than it HtLLSBOR l4dren ram roved on 329 acres. atioa sfae, show their grand' Commissioners apP Board of neighborhoods vi-14 not crop up youngsters. _„ county _ that new Elizabeth rl and rk paring two meetings this moc • • _ conseNatiion easements, as` ~NDAY,IUNE 7, 2004 r--1- On Dec.1, the board apps Walters farm in north`N ct and Lori Votpe far a tra _~Pment on the Ca eTnerit from Ma ~,~-acre caper Hillsborough. THE CtiAA9. NtLL HERALD • •. . ~IDY~P~~@d.~B. ~.~ ~ ~ .~ . .Y •~~~, ®®• . board apl ran&e ~OU°tYisn't what • ~r'~~^ On Dec.9, the ®~~~ata - tcaaedto.b~. ~~ ~~ ~~~~ acre port a«dlaanttv~al~an ~a The $3- 7aaddevotedto c6 of Cue bor0 ~ acrd cOntatns A ~~ ~ et~otds m~ble~°' °nd ~`'~ . ~ s .~C~ ~n~ fy eradr, eoup7od wttl, match ePortetYphoto time now,' oonservalfo~n eCtgd to allow tho wan t'w04dY lR the Pirat ofpher BA! R7llcox sated ~ t"~s, iavolvia wsoments on tLree ra~oro ~~ farmfn$ calied~ occas=oaa! setfes on b~'s Leads ~Y~ ~ ~ abouE S00 oddittona(a~ Ys tads Lae3s Padlits is D ~edds,^ d~'tmed row y~A•o8ram fs so imFortaaG IY wil! never be e~Pa~ ~ad$e COwtY ctear- -. aa2es Years moo' R~itcoxrepmte Ce Countq ?ha v~va~ress~y ~ w~e~ofap~~Br~fi is ~r.~ty a ~ ~ the ~e road to bdeeomt$n $. andnowtbetc fs sus. syerode ~~bha~tha ~~ ~ w°~tinae~ ~gp ThaXat~m- gSultthey~~e' everurbanixing7l~_ Sabvutlppp montsp~oEVOIupWOt'kthelangbetthe ouch msbfOranBoCoon ~" } -i `S:r °'R develoPmentnaf..th°p Pt~~anctions oil Pui~ roMS, In~a~dtmpbei• e~p aurlegaay, They are our Rich Shaw stands beside a large chirrmey on the 65 acres acquired bl'the Orange Countyi~oo ..,. ~ additloa ~ our hu ry, theyatso ~ our Legacy program. Shaw Is rmt sure of fhe age of the chimney but tMnks R would be a good stop walking trai~"w`fltT`@aolhar,v.a ... _. , , on a planned wa0dng trail through the nature preserve: ty paid 5280,000 for fhe parkland. ' ~a~.ds Legacy ~Progr~- receives ~~,nt to preserve . co~ntY farmed . 6Y jpM!'E Nl~~to35 FOR@h ~c -Afederatt~ for more thav;thr?e gnartat's oCotwt9 lion dollarswtll e°able Oran ~ farm to preserve abotrt 9fii1 acres ~ ~e grant of $845,b86 from e >~ ~ p~~ matched by eountY ri farmlan ~ t>?~hrou~ the lands Legacy ~ The proms'been abbel • ~eeSeYxv~e 714 acr°~p~ nth the farmland ~~ is °on~e~ dserxor ° c ~°a`' tiou Dep~~~ ~ ~~ ~•mnt is a significant step forward for'~e pro' agriculture is such attpiiity; Stan- economY and^~;,~.m~~bave heldlatld Editorial range County deserves credit for its spate of land acquisition:for parks and open space. Parks are nice now, and they'll 6e even more important in the future. The latest ac uisition is another Bern. The county wilt pay~2.1 million to the Blackwood Comity preserves park land pus of the 'he coua- rg wtth Triangle rnd the '1oa to River Tatural ng the uaty. works a Hiu ~~z ~. <4 ,. y ".Y..a.4 ~.. ~N4 of the Orange d. A proposed reek. The coun- 7