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28 <br /> • Landscape common areas (neighborhood greens), cul-de-sac islands, <br /> and both sides of new streets with native specie shade trees and <br /> flowering shrubs with high wildlife conservation value. <br /> F.2 Forest Land/Natural Areas Conservation <br /> Where the goal of the Flexible Development project is to conserve forest land <br /> and/or natural areas and wildlife habitats, the following criteria apply: <br /> • Dwellings should be located in unwooded parts of the site away from <br /> mature forests, natural areas, and/or wildlife corridors. <br /> • When any woodland is developed, care shall be taken to locate buildings, <br /> streets, yards, and septic disposal fields to avoid mature forests, natural <br /> areas, and/or wildlife corridors. <br /> • To the greatest extent practicable, development should be designed <br /> around existing hedgerows and treelines between fields or meadows. The <br /> impact on larger woodlands (greater than five acres), especially those <br /> containing mature trees, natural areas, and/or wildlife corridors, should be <br /> minimized. <br /> F.3 Farmland Conservation <br /> Where the goal of the Flexible Development project is to conserve farmland, the <br /> following criteria apply: <br /> • Locate building lots in forested areas away from existing pastures, <br /> cropland, feedlots, and similar uses. <br /> • If development must be located on open fields or pastures because of <br /> greater constraints on other parts of the site, dwellings should be sited in <br /> locations at the far edge of a field, as seen from a public road. <br /> g:\subregs\IV-B-10.new <br />