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E1 New Hope Creek Corridor open space Areas include_ some of the Resource Protection-Areas and a portion of the Public/P_ rivate Open Space Areas which were designated as s' nificant and worthy of Rrotection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan com leted 'n A ril of 1991. See Master Plan MaR following Strate Ma s . The areas are part of a system of open s ace in Durham and Orange Counties along New HO Re Creek and its tributaries between Eno of critical environmental areas such as stream beds floodnlains, steep slopes,, 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 100 -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 Ho Re Creek Corridor 0 en Space Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a ortion