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075 (Page 3.3-3) EXTRACTIVE USE.' Land designated to encompass operations designed primarily for the mining and quarrying of those substances which are legally removable from the ground and substrata. AGRICULTURAL AREAS. Land which is.actively being used for farming and forestry purposes and which qualify for or are listed for, use value taxation purposes. PUBLIC INTEREST AREA Land which contains public or quasi-public uses suck as publicly owned land, research forests or known archaeological or historical sites. WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED. Land draining to existing reservoirs which serve as public water supplies, <DELETED>for the County<DELETED> or to potential reservoir sites itret fa esif >jX g a . ; ; :, ; ; a a which have been designated for protection against thr eats to the water quality of future water supplies, in accordance with County watershed protection programs and the North Carolina Water Supply Watershed Protection Act of 1989. <DET.1 TED>WATER QUALITY CRITICAL AREA<DELETED> WATERSEEMORVIICAUAREARtriiiiiiiitf a�'E'$: F t :on :::..:.e:: the::i2 31',fIIBt�::::•'• 'l ele $0::.:of:: : �r::p.:;... :psec it biic r . 1 .>Im .�uui�t r: h e<. �.Y.�::•�!!T:T£,::!7t•.-R � ��•;��... .i:....:.:......... �.,., .. ..•..i'...� .. ::::.�.::::.v.: .y...::::.� :: :�::..::..::•.ytY.::<. :i'.i'ti.<:v '.r..::.::i:.i:.:.i::r;::..: RESERVOIR. Land which contains#40040#04t0>;":`" i>E i, or the necessary attributes for placement of a water supply impoundment to supply an adequate quality of water for public purposes. RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS. Land which contslns identifiable or potential natural resources. This includes wetlands along drainage tributaries, and steep slope areas (15% or greater). These areas form the basis for a parks and open space system which provides the framework within which other land uses are situated. NEW HOPE CREEK CORRIDOR OPEN SPACE. Some of the land in the Resource Protection Areas and a portion of the Public Interest Area designated as significant and worthy of protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in April.of 1991. (See Master Plan Map in the Appendices.) This category is part of a system of open space in Durham and Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land north of Jordan Lake. The New Hope Corridor Open Space is made up of critical environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational value.