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■ Supply matching funds for regional open space planning. ■ Encourage inter - connectivity of regional open space plans. Objective 1D.3: Identify prime, threatened, and culturally or environmentally significant farmlands in every county for protection through voluntary, incentive -based programs. Objective 1DA: Develop a state priority protection plan for farmlands. ■ Once mapping is completed, reserve funds to preserve farmlands that merit high priority from a statewide perspective, consistent with providing an open space safety net. Objective 1D.5: Finish update of mapping of floodplains in North Carolina.. Objective 1D.6: Develop accurate mapping of wetlands and a wetlands inventory tracking system. Objective 1D.7: Pursue completion of natural areas inventories in all 100 counties for protection through voluntary, incentive -based programs. Objective 1D.8: Notify owners of relevant mapping designations that might affect their property. Objective 1D.9: Make Natural Heritage Trust Fund monies available to counties and qualifying land trusts on a matching basis to protect identified significant natural areas. Objective 1D.10: Assist local governments to develop land -use inventories and land suitability analyses which portray the areas of development most at -risk to natural and environmental hazards. 2. PARTNERSHIPS A. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Objective 2A.1: Encourage local governments to protect open space. ■ Provide incentives to secure state funding for planning and acquisition programns. All local governments should be eligible for matching funds in acquisition. Objective 2A.2: Empower local governments to more easily protect open space. ■ Provide legislative authority to allow broader avenues for raising revenue and devising innovative regulatory and land -use strategies. B. LAND TRUSTS Objective 2B.1: Support efforts by non - profit land trusts to preserve open space. 7