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049 New Ho a Creek Corridor open B ace Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a Rortion of the Public Private Open S ace Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of protection ga-ccording to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in A ril of 1991.-(See Master Plan MaR following Strategy Ma s . The areas are part of a system of o en space in Durham and orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and_U.S._AKMv Corl2s of Engineers land north of Jordan Lake. This category is made u of critical environmental areas such as stream beds flood laids steep slo es and larger tracts of historic educational or recreational value. - Rural Buffer and Conservation. The Rural Buffer consists of the following Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan categories: Rural Residential; Agricultural; Public /Private Open Space; Resource Conservation; New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space; Extractive Use; and the overlay district designated Water Quality Critical Area. Public- Private open Space Areas include major land areas owned or controlled by public and private interests in the Rural Buffer. Such holdings as Duke Forest, Camp New Hope, U.S. Government lands associated with Jordan Lake, the loo -foot buffer along 1 -40 and Orange Water and Sewer Authority lands adjacent to University Lake and the quarry site on N.C. Highway 54 provide open space through research, educational, forest management, and recreational functions. Resource Conservation Areas in the Rural Buffer are identical to those in the Transition Areas; i.e., floodplains, wetlands along drainage tributaries, and steep slope areas (15% or greater). The areas for the basis for a parks and open space system (see Strategy Maps) which provides the framework within which other land uses are situated. New KO Re Creek Corridor-QRen S ace Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a Rortion