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Lands Legacy Action Plan 2014 -17 DRAFT 1123114 D. Cultural and Archaeological Sites • Continue working with landowners in the Faucette's Mill and Hall's Mill areas to protect the combination of historic and natural features in those communities • Work with the owners of the former Hillsborough Academy property to protect the remains of historic and archaeological resources associated with that site • Conduct archaeological surveys of county properties acquired for future parks and nature preserves (e.g., McGowan Creek Preserve, Seven Mile Creek Preserve, Millhouse Road Park, and Northeast Park) • Continue to stabilize, maintain and renovate existing structures on County -owned properties acquired for future parks (e.g., Millhouse Road park site) • Work with the HPC to pursue applications from high - priority candidates for local historic landmark designation ➢ See #5 on the Priority Table (Pages 3 -4) E. Watershed Riparian Buffers • Protect riparian corridors in the Upper Eno River protected watershed; partner with the Eno River Association and others; pursue grant funds from the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund and Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative • Identify and protect priority areas in Upper New Hope Creek corridor; work with New Hope Creek Corridor Advisory Committee and Triangle Land Conservancy • Identify priority areas for protection in the Bolin Creek corridor; collaborate with Friends of Bolin Creek, the Town of Carrboro, the University of NC, and others • Preserve riparian buffers in other water supply watersheds through parkland acquisitions and agricultural conservation easement projects ➢ See #2 and #4 on the Priority Table (Pages 3 -4) The first 12 years of the Lands Legacy Program saw tremendous strides in the protection of priority resource lands, with 3,077 acres permanently protected (as of December 2013) and several more projects in the works. The FY 2014 -17 Action Plan builds on projects from previous years, and includes projects in each of the Lands Legacy priority areas (natural areas, parkland, cultural /historic resources, prime farmland and riparian buffers and public water supply watersheds). This Action Plan will continue the use of 2001 Parks and Open Space bonds funds to leverage grant funds from state and federal sources for protecting high priority natural and cultural resource lands.