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049 New Hope Creek Corridor Q2en S ace Areas include some of the Resource„ Protection Areas and a portion of the Public Private Open Space Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in A ril of 1991. See Master Plan May following Strate Ma s . The areas are nart of a system of o en s ace 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. This category is made up- of critical environmental areas such as stream beds flood lains steeR slo es and larger tracts of historic, educatianal,,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 100 -foot buffer along I -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 Hope Creek Corridor gRen S ace Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a portion