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<br /> offorests swamps lakes fields and e r W Qsanford X � Rdilgl # FrnN, ;, , L Princeton ;
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<br /> pastures crossed by few if any paved " ; ti` 3oi 1 h , n t
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<br /> One of them known as the "Let- L f ��` '
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<br /> Lones in southeastern Johnston ` � _ = .
<br /> fitj�z rotection areas '� ,
<br /> '� County, covers 46,000 acres where the P 1, "
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<br /> Neuse twists and turns through ` `
<br /> cypress swamps , oxbow lakes and
<br /> bottom landhardwoods. The conser- OLittle River ( Orange and Durham ® Deep River (Chatham and Lee ® reuse River Let-' Lones (Johnston
<br /> . . . 1 vancy is close to a deal to preserve , counties) : The two forks of this river . counties) : With less development , County) : A remote and flood - prone
<br /> 1000aeresthereforanewstate flow through forested uplands and pressure than the other sites , this stretch of the Neuse with 10
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<br /> ' pk a scenic gorge before empptying Piedmont waterway is rich in perennial streams , 12 oxbows ,
<br /> into reservoirs . Otters , reTbellied history and wildlife and beloved by several large ponds and three
<br /> SEE WOODS, PAGE 20A snakes and rare mussels live there . paddlers , large and prominent wetlands . It ' s
<br /> ® New Hope Creek ( Orange and , 0 Neuse River and Mark's Creek one of the largest undeveloped
<br /> Fr%, ``"`1 . Durham counties) : A surprisingly wild (Wake and Johnston counties) : Two roads areas in Eastern North Carolina .
<br /> � ' stream flows through Duke Forest cross this area of 7 , 500 acres .
<br /> before crossing the rapidly Mark ' s Creek flows through
<br /> developing corridor between extensive wetlands and bottom
<br /> . I T. MOSIER/The News & Observer''``' '' ` Durham n a d Chapel Hill . land hardU mod forests . .
<br /> I % really start focusing on its `million floods to be tamed for civilization.
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<br /> "" ' '' '' acre' goal," meaning the General Legends of trackless swamps and
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<br /> Assembl 's oal to reserve 1 mil- ant snakes gave the Let'Lones its
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<br /> i ` `; 'i lion acres of open space by 2010 . name . As growth paves more and
<br /> and another 900 acres that links the In the meantime, the conservancy more land, local leaders have begun
<br /> ry Deep. River to Jordan Lake, said Kate hopes to prod local leaders into tak to recognize the significance of
<br /> ra ? :' Dixon, the executive director. Either ing action by circulating carefully what' s left. Durham and Orange
<br /> . " 99 :; tract would be twice as big as the researched and lavishly illustrated counties have bought several hun-
<br /> largest land deal previously under- reports highlighting the natural won- dred acres along New Hope Creek
<br /> taken by the group. . ders of these five areas . The Little , and created a 391-acre regional park
<br /> Leaders of the conservancy a non- Riverflows through a gorgewithwalls on the Little River, which feeds into
<br /> ` %` % 'I profit group dedicated to protecting rising as high as 140 feet. The Deep Durham's primary reservoir.a
<br /> ,; :,; .{ open space, know they have to act . River meets the Rocky River at a The least-known area on the con-
<br /> fast. They had to cross one area- off grove of white pines, leftovers of the servancy's list may be its most vul-
<br /> their priority list after a housing Ice Age. Rare aquatic animals some- nerable. The Shotwell comma. -v in
<br /> ;, developer beat them to a key tract how hang on in these places — a sala- . eastern Wake sits at the northern
<br /> around Swift Creek in southern Wake. mander called the Neuse watendog, end of a vast expanse of woods and
<br /> " Our strength is working with - a fish called the Carolina madtom, fields between Knightdale and Clay-
<br /> ; , .` landowners on a voluntary basis , " mollusks known as the yellow lamp- ton. In the 19th century, the Mial fan-
<br /> said Lorelei Costa, the conservan- mussel and the Atlantic pigtoe. These BY worked its . slaves and later ten-
<br /> cy's associate director. "We recog- creatures depend on clean streams, ant farmers on 2 , 700 acres there .
<br /> nize it's going to take a lot of differ- which in turn depend on forests and Today, only two roads cross the 7,500
<br /> ent strategies to protect these areas. wetlands to filter pollution. acres — more land than William B .
<br /> . . . We're really hoping that the state, For decades, these five places were Umstead State Park. The only out-
<br /> once - the budget crisis is over, can too far from roads or too prone to siders who get a glimpse of the bot-
<br /> tom land hardwood forests and lau-
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