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Orange County Comprehensive Plan Principles, Goals and Objectives Objective NA-9: Encourage long-term productivity of farms and timber lands through best land-use management practices and conservation agreements. (See also Parks and Recreation Objective PR-1.1.) Natural & Cultural Systems Goal 8: Networks of protected natural, cultural and agricultural lands. Objective AG-9: Encourage farmers to continue to be model environmental stewards and promote good forest stewardship management practices using state and federal programs that provide financial assistance. (See also Natural Areas, Wildlife Habitat, and Prime Forests Objective NA-8.) Objective CR-10: Establish a dialogue with the other jurisdictions in and adjacent to Orange County to address cultural resources in areas with or without designated Historic Preservation/District Commissions. Objective CR–11: Increase public information/awareness endeavors to promote land and cultural resource stewardship – for individual homes, historic farmsteads and their associated landscapes – as well as alternative means of private property dedication and preservation. Objective CR-12: Provide for a user-friendly public input process for systematic acquisition of and contribution to information about cultural resources Objective NA-10: Require that all major subdivisions (defined as having more than 5 lots according to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations) include within their boundaries open space suitable for low- impact recreation and wildlife habitat. (See also Land Use Objective LU-4.3 and Parks and Recreation Objectives PR-1.3 and PR-4.1.) Objective NA-11: Develop a comprehensive conservation plan for achieving a network of protected open space throughout Orange County, which addresses 1) threats to important natural areas; 2) connectivity between protected areas; 3) coordination with neighboring counties; and 4) sustainable management of critical natural resources. (See also Parks and Recreation Objective PR-5.4.) Objective NA-12: Establish a system of nature preserves that protect large areas of undeveloped land (including significant natural areas) surrounded by low-density development and working farms and managed forests. (See also Parks and Recreation Objective PR-5.4.) Objective NA-13: Promote clustering of residential development and dedication of large areas of undisturbed land for low-impact recreational use by residents and for wildlife habitat. Where feasible, these areas should be contiguous to neighboring tracts of undisturbed land. (See also Parks and Recreation Objective PR-5.1.) Objective NA-14: Encourage developers and neighborhood associations to protect undeveloped community open space through formal conservation agreements. Objective NA-15: 42