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6 <br /> Project Acres Year Purpose <br /> Latta Dairy Farm 138 2007 Agricultural conservation easement;protects dairy <br /> and prime farmland in the Little River watershed <br /> New Hope Preserve <br /> ➢ New Hope Creek Trail 1 2005 Acquired for future park with parking, education, <br /> ➢ Hollow Rock Access 7 2006 nature trails and wildlife habitat along New Hope <br /> ➢ Penny/Hanging Rock area 22 2006 Creek. Joint project with Durham County, Triangle <br /> ➢ Dallas Branch Natural Area 27 2007 Land Conservancy, and State of NC. <br /> ➢ East side of Pickett Road 11 2011 <br /> McKee Farm 92 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br /> Tate Farm 80 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Back Creek watershed <br /> Lee Farm 62 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Little River watershed <br /> Northeast District Park 143 2007 Future county park on Schley Road. <br /> Breeze Farm 295 2008 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> 2012 historic farmstead, streams in Little River watershed <br /> Eno Confluence Nature Preserve 110 2009 Conservation easement;protects farmland and <br /> stream buffers within Eno River nature preserve <br /> Seven Mile Creek Preserve 13 2010 Future public gateway to nature preserve <br /> Covey Creek Conservation Area 8 2010 Conservation easement;protects stream corridor <br /> upstream of Little River and natural heritage site <br /> Sykes Dairy Farm 160 2011 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br /> Brooks Farm 114 2012 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Upper Eno River watershed <br /> Thompson Farm 40 2012 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> in the Back Creek watershed <br /> Conservation easement protects forested stream <br /> Collins Creek Conservation Area 11 2013 corridor(Collins Creek and three feeder streams) <br /> Sevenmile Creek Conservation Conservation easement protects mature forest& <br /> Area 35 2013 wildlife habitat adjacent to County nature preserve <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 a 6-acre addition to <br /> the Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve in 2010. <br /> Orange County contributed $45,000 to Eno River Association's acquisition of conservation easements <br /> from Infinity Farm (61 ac.) and along Buckquarter Creek(41 ac.)in 2013 <br /> 4 <br />