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7 <br /> Project Acres Year Purpose <br /> Latta Dairy Farm 138 2007 Agricultural conservation easement;protects dairy <br /> and prime farmland in the Little River watershed <br /> New Hope Preserve <br /> ➢ New Hope Creek Trail 1 2005 Acquired for future park with parking, education, <br /> ➢ Hollow Rock Access 7 2006 nature trails and wildlife habitat along New Hope <br /> ➢ Penny/Hanging Rock area 22 2006 Creek. Joint project with Durham County, Triangle <br /> ➢ Dallas Branch Natural Area 27 2007 Land Conservancy, and State of NC. <br /> ➢ East side of Pickett Road 11 2011 <br /> McKee Farm 92 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br /> Tate Farm 80 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Back Creek watershed <br /> Lee Farm 62 2007 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Little River watershed <br /> Northeast District Park 143 2007 Future county park on Schley Road. <br /> Breeze Farm 295 2008 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> 2012 historic farmstead, streams in Little River watershed <br /> Eno Confluence Nature Preserve 110 2009 Conservation easement;protects farmland and <br /> stream buffers within Eno River nature preserve <br /> Seven Mile Creek Preserve 13 2010 Future public gateway to nature preserve <br /> Covey Creek Conservation Area 8 2010 Conservation easement;protects stream corridor <br /> upstream of Little River and natural heritage site <br /> Sykes Dairy Farm 160 2011 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Cane Creek watershed <br /> Brooks Farm 114 2012 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> and stream buffers in Upper Eno River watershed <br /> Thompson Farm 40 2012 Conservation easement;protects prime farmland <br /> in the Back Creek watershed <br /> Collins Creek Conservation Area Conservation easement protects forested stream <br /> 11 2013 corridor(Collins Creek and three feeder streams) <br /> Sevenmile Creek Conservation Conservation easement protects mature forest& <br /> Area 35 2013 wildlife habitat adjacent to County nature preserve <br /> Davis Conservation Area 3 2014 Cons. easements protect forested buffer on Haley <br /> Crk, upstream E Fork Eno River&Eno confluence <br /> West Ten Soccer Park (addition) 38 2016 Adjacent land acquired for future expansion of <br /> Soccer.com Soccer Park <br /> Capt.John S.Pope Farm Ag. conservation easement jointly held with ERA; <br /> 73 2016 protects farmland/streams,Upper Eno watershed <br /> Mixed forest with headwaters of Old Field Crk; adj. <br /> Headwaters Nature Preserve 60 2016 to Greene Tract owned by OC, Ch Hill, Carrboro <br /> Persimmon Hill Farm 90 2016 Ag. conservation easement;protects farmland <br /> and stream buffers in S. Hyco Crk watershed <br /> Lick Creek Conservation Area 30 2017 Conservation easement protects mature forest, <br /> wildlife habitat& forested stream buffer <br /> Center Stream Farm Addition 25 2017 Ag. conservation easement protects farmland and <br /> forested stream buffer on Center Stream <br /> Orange County contributed funds to the State of North Carolina's purchase of Poplar Ridge(134 ac.)and Eno <br /> Wilderness(808 ac.)for additions to Eno River State Park in 2003. <br /> Orange County contributed funds to the Botanical Garden Foundation's purchase of a 6-acre addition to the <br /> Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve in 2010. <br /> Orange County contributed$45,000 to Eno River Association's acquisition of conservation easements from Infinity <br /> Farm(61 ac.)and along Buckquarter Creek(41 ac.)in 2013 <br /> 4 <br />