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0V_ 235 <br />Chapter 6: Natural and Cultural Systems Element <br />suitable for low- impact recreation and wildlife habitat. (See also Land <br />Use Objective LU -4.3 and Parks and Recreation Objectives PR -1.3 and <br />PR -4.1.) <br />Objective NA -11: <br />Develop a comprehensive conservation plan for achieving a network of <br />protected open space throughout Orange County, which addresses 1) <br />threats to important natural areas; 2) connectivity between protected <br />areas; 3) coordination with neighboring counties; and 4) sustainable <br />management of critical natural resources. (See also Parks and <br />Recreation Objective PR -5.4.) <br />Objective NA -12: <br />Establish a system of nature preserves that protect large areas of <br />undeveloped land (including significant natural areas) surrounded by <br />low- density development and working farms and managed forests. <br />(See also Parks and Recreation Objective PR -5.4.) <br />Objective NA -13: <br />Promote clustering of residential development and dedication of large <br />areas of undisturbed land for low- impact recreational use by residents <br />and for wildlife habitat. Where feasible, these areas should be <br />contiguous to neighboring tracts of undisturbed land. (See also Parks <br />and Recreation Objective PR-5.1.) <br />Objective NA -14: <br />Encourage developers and neighborhood associations to protect <br />undeveloped community open space through formal conservation <br />agreements. <br />Objective NA -15: <br />Protect land in and around biologically significant areas, and <br />connections between these areas, to allow for the maintenance of <br />native wildlife and plant populations and their functional relationships. <br />Objective NA -16: <br />Create a system of public and private open space and conservation <br />areas, including parks, nature preserves, and scenic vistas <br />representative of the Orange County landscape. (See also Land Use <br />Objective LU -3.10, Parks and Recreation Objective PR -5.4, and <br />Transportation Objective T -1.5.) <br />Objective NA -17: <br />Maintain and protect land that contains valuable productive resources, <br />such as prime farmland and prime forestland, by directing <br />incompatible development away from these areas. (See also Water and <br />Wastewater Objective WW -14, Land Use Objective LU -2.2, and Natural <br />Areas Objective NA -5.) <br />CONCLUSIONS <br />The County has been a leader in land protection efforts in the State of <br />North Carolina, and more work can be done. With this chapter, the <br />County is setting a vision of preserving an interconnected system of <br />natural preserves, parklands, and other natural areas jointly owned and <br />managed by different entities as one cohesive system for land <br />oi, Copy Comprehevv,,ve1 I V Page 6 -70 <br />