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Wilt <br />To: Orange County Commission for the Environment <br />From: Rich Shaw, DEAPR Land Conservation Manager <br />Date: February 3, 2016 <br />Subject: Seven Mile Creek Preserve <br />The Seven Mile Creek Preserve is a 306-acre area with multiple land parcels that <br />Orange County acquired over many years—initially for a future water supply reservoir <br />(1970s) and later for a nature preserve and low-impact recreation area. <br />The preserve is located southwest of Hillsborough, between Mt. Willing Road and <br />Moorefields Road. Access to the preserve is by way of the driveway entrance to historic <br />Moorefields located off Moorefields Road. The site is managed by DEAPR. <br />Preparations are underway for opening the eastern portion of the Seven Mile Creek <br />Preserve for public use beginning in 2016. Initial site amenities will be a gravel parking <br />area, pedestrian trail (1.5-mile loop, natural surface), benches, primitive group campsite <br />(primitive, no water/toilet), and information kiosks. See attached map. <br />The Seven Mile Creek Preserve includes portions of two significant natural heritage <br />areas (Crabtree Creek Monadnock Ridge and Sevenmile Creek Sugar Maple Bottom) <br />and is recognized as an important wildlife corridor. The site will also feature a segment <br />of the planned NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail. <br />CFE members will be invited to an opening event once that's been determined. <br />Attachment <br />Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation (DEAPR) <br />PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2510; Fax: (919) 644-3351 <br />