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Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan 2001 -02 Adopted 4111101 20 <br />During this first half year of the <br />Lands Legacy program (adopted <br />April 2000) the County evaluated <br />and _ pursued four acquisitions of <br />public parkland, a "pilot" farmland <br />conservation easement, a nature <br />preserve in Seven -Mile Creek, <br />planning for a "pilot" rustic woodland <br />trail project and an update of the <br />Orange County inventory of natural <br />heritage sites. A total of $624,000 in <br />grant money was awarded for these <br />projects by the Parks and Recreation <br />Trust Fund, Land and Water <br />Conservation Fund, Farmland <br />Preservation Trust Fund, and N.C. <br />Natural Heritage Program. <br />Including funds awarded for <br />Lands Legacy projects since <br />March 2000, grant funds <br />totaling $1.14 million have been <br />awarded. <br />For the coming 12 months, the <br />proposed action plan focuses on <br />1. completing parkland acquisition <br />projects initiated during the <br />previous year to address the <br />County's parkland deficit, <br />2. continuing to pursue land <br />acquisition /protection of lands for <br />the Seven Mile Creek Preserve, <br />3. additional conservation <br />easements for preserving <br />farmland and priority riparian <br />corridors (Eno, New Hope and <br />Little rivers), <br />4. acquiring missing links for a pilot <br />rustic woodland trail, <br />5. working to protect the Chatwood <br />and Faucette Mill historic sites, <br />and developing a plan to protect <br />heritage corridors in central Orange <br />County. <br />The coming fiscal year will also be <br />one which will require close <br />coordination with the proposed Parks <br />and Open Space Bond in November, <br />2001. As projects are developed for <br />this bond, they will be added to the <br />final version of this Annual Action <br />Plan. <br />Finally, staff will continue to <br />aggressively pursue grants to fund <br />these projects, and solicit the <br />involvement of partner agencies, <br />wherever possible and practical. Co- <br />location of school and park facilities <br />will be evaluated in each case. <br />9 <br />