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4v <br />The University System of North Carolina has not been counted in these figures nor have all the <br />land protection partners at the state level. The private data are complete, but the local <br />government information is incomplete as some of our larger municipalities and a number of <br />counties have never replied to the surveys that were sent to them. Since many of these local <br />government entities have a substantial number of acres in protected status, the total number for <br />local governments should be higher. <br />Based upon the figures that have been collected, however, the annual rate of land protection in <br />North Carolina is approximately 56,000 acres per year. At this rate, it would take 18 years to <br />complete the Million Acre Initiative. To reach the goal of one million acres in a decade's time, <br />we must average 100,000 acres per year. Table 1 -3 (on the following page) offers a better <br />picture of which entities are protecting what quantity of land within the individual sectors. Maps <br />of the land that has been protected so far are included later in the report in the Open Space <br />Mapping section (starting on page 8). <br />To realize the million -acre goal that was established as state <br />law in June 2000, we must double the rate at which we are <br />protecting land in North Carolina. <br />2 <br />