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. . . . . . • ... . . . . . 1 . . • ' ..itc_i • ' . . . . . . . . . PAGE 8 . . . . . . . . , . . , holdings * such as Eno River State Park and Duke Forest . A recognition of the need for protection . . , on large : private holdings or small sites of . . biological significance is much less evident, even . . though the Triangle Land Conservancy and N.C. [ Natural Heritage Program have identified over two • dozen such sites in Orange County that are home to endangered or threatened species and exemplary . , . . . . - • geologic formations*. The County also has no • record of private lands placed in -reserve for • • wildlife generation ( such as wildlife renew areas 'or the Continental Timberlands site in Bingham . . ,Township ) or passive recreation (such as hiking . . .. . trails in the Morgan Creek easements) . . . . . As for man-made additions to the environment, the • . . . . • Land Use Plan speaks only to the protection of • • state or federally registered historic buildings . . . . • •• and archeological sites, -ignoring literally , . hundreds of other sites important to the history. . . . . : . and culture of Orange County. ,": . • , . . . . . . . • • • . ., . . Cemeteries, which as a group are currently . un- . • . . . : . . . recognized in the Land Use Plan, offer a wealth of . . - . historicei data . on county , resident ' and. early . . history : For early county residents it may- be the , . . : only. record as vital • records registration. was not . . . . . . ' mandated until this century . State law offers . . • . some protection from desecration ' but the laws -[ cannot be enforced if locations are not recorded. . . . . . . . . . . . • .. . .. . • • . . , The intent of establishing ' cemeteries in the land . . . Use Plan as historicallysignificent sites is not-, . to 'preserve them at all costs - Rather, [ it seeks - - , to . prevent past abuses, the using of gravesites . . and dumping grounds for building construction or • - . , . plowing under without recordation Of the site . it • • • . asks that the integrity - . the County 's came- teries, many of which date back to the 17001s, be .: [ . . . . . respected and , if authority of law exists to . . . . disinter, that its data be fully recorded. . , .. . • . . . .. Sites of historical sisnificAre 15 also broadened . . . . . . to encompass 'more than buildings ' and cemeteries. . . . . . . • It includes dams, functional or destroyed but . • , - . still evident, at mill sites that once. provided - . • . for the economic well -being of the Ccurty . it ' • also includes sites of commemorative markers . , . . either placed by the state (such as that identify- - . . ing the site of the hanging of the regulator . . . leaders) or by private citizens , such as that .. . . memoralizing the site of the cid Elm Grove School in northern Chapel Hill Township . . . . . . . . , . . . . Churches and • rural communrty centers , including . .. . . . . . recreational sites, should be acknowledged in the • - Land Use Plan as impertant to the County and its . , . .. • . . planning process . Their existence Imparts a' , . . , . . . -- .