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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : February 4 , 2003 <br /> Action Agenda. <br /> Item No . 5a- C. <br /> AL <br /> SUBJECT : Resolution in Support of " Eno Wilderness " Project <br /> DEPARTMENT : Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING : (Y/ N ) No <br /> Conservation <br /> ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> 1 ) Resolution of Support David Stancil , 245 - 2590 <br /> 2 ) Eno Wilderness Project Summary <br /> 3 ) Map of Planned Purchase <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Hillsborough 732 =8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 688 =7331 <br /> Mebane 336 =227 =2031 <br /> PURPOSE : To consider a resolution of support for the conservation of the " Eno Wilderness " , <br /> a project conducted by the N . C . Office of State Parks and the Eno River Association to <br /> acquire 815 acres of identified Natural Heritage lands along the Eno River in eastern Orange <br /> County . <br /> BACKGROUND : In November , the State of North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation <br /> ( Office of State Parks ) announced an option to acquire 815 acres of land along the Eno River <br /> in eastern Orange County . This land , a portion of what is commonly known as the " DuBose <br /> Tract contains hundreds of acres of identified Natural Heritage sites and chestnut oak <br /> forests , and is adjacent to the Eno River State Park . <br /> The Eno River Association works in partnership with N . C . State Parks to protect and <br /> purchase lands for the Eno River State Park . The Association assists the state through the <br /> establishment of landowner relations , conducting negotiations for property purchase , by <br /> negotiating and funding purchases of land that can be later transferred to the state park , by <br /> ittee for the Eno River State Park , and by assisting the park <br /> acting as the park advisory comm <br /> through trail workdays , or the purchase of necessary supplies or equipment . <br /> In this case , the Association is working to raise support for funding to acquire the property <br /> among State trust funds and its own members . To date , just over $ 2 million has been <br /> committed toward this purchase from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund ( PARTF ) , the <br /> Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Eno River Association . <br />