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Project <br />Acres <br />Year <br />Purpose <br />Latta Dairy Farm <br />138 <br />2007 <br />Agricultural conservation easement; protects dairy <br />and prime farmland in the Little River watershed <br />New Hope Preserve <br />➢ New Hope Creek Trail <br />1 <br />2005 <br />Acquired for future park with parking, education, <br />➢ Hollow Rock Access <br />7 <br />2006 <br />nature trails and wildlife habitat along New Hope <br />➢ Penny / Hanging Rock area <br />22 <br />2006 <br />Creek. Joint project with Durham County, Triangle <br />➢ Dallas Branch Natural Area <br />27 <br />2007 <br />Land Conservancy, and State of NC. <br />➢ East side of Pickett Road <br />11 <br />2011 <br />McKee Farm <br />92 <br />2007 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br />Tate Farm <br />80 <br />2007 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />and stream buffers in Back Creek watershed <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />Lee Farm <br />62 <br />2007 <br />and stream buffers in Little River watershed <br />Northeast District Park <br />143 <br />2007 <br />Future county park on Schley Road. <br />Breeze Farm <br />295 <br />2008 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />2012 <br />historic farmstead, streams in Little River watershed <br />Conservation easement; protects farmland and <br />Eno Confluence Nature Preserve <br />110 <br />2009 <br />stream buffers within Eno River nature preserve <br />Seven Mile Creek Preserve <br />13 <br />2010 <br />Future public gateway to nature preserve <br />Covey Creek Conservation Area <br />8 <br />2010 <br />Conservation easement; protects stream corridor <br />u stream of Little River and natural heritage site <br />Sykes Dairy Farm <br />160 <br />2011 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br />Brooks Farm <br />114 <br />2012 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />and stream buffers in Upper Eno River watershed <br />Thompson Farm <br />40 <br />2012 <br />Conservation easement; protects prime farmland <br />in the Back Creek watershed <br />Orange County contributed funds to the State of North Carolina's purchase of Poplar Ridge (134 ac.) and <br />Eno Wilderness (808 ac.) for additions to Eno River State Park in 2003. <br />Orange County contributed funds to the Botanical Garden Foundation's purchase of an addition to the <br />Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve in 2010. <br />