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I r 07 Review of ' Shaping Orange County ' s Future - Provisional Report and Recommendations (Adptd . April 5 , 2000 ) " , particularly those sections which pertain to the County ' s Biological Resources by the Biological Resources Committee ( BRC ) of the Orange County Commission for the Environment contributing members : Loraine Kohorn , Laura Cotterman , and Hervey McIver Feb . 2 , 2001 Overall , we commend the SOCF participants for the Provisional Report and Recommendations , which we feel is a laudable statement of vision for Orange County ' s future . We are generally in agreement with the picture put forth by the SOCF effort . While the BRC reviewed the entire SOCF report , we devoted particular attention to Section IV . 1 . Environment and Land Use , which dealt most directly with issues relating to land use and to protection of the County ' s biological resources . But we also note that many issues that relate to land use are multi - dimensional , and that there are statements and proposals throughout the report which relate to potential future land use patterns , and which could effect habitat for those other species that reside in Orange County . The principle question that we asked in reviewing this document was whether the goals and actions proposed in the report provide comprehensive and appropriate guidance towards protection of the County 's biological resources. First and foremost in our minds are those species and habitats which are least compatible with human disturbance , such as those species which rely on large unfragmented hardwood forest tracts , riparian species that rely on unsilted streams , and those species and habitats observed to be declining in abundance or uncommon in the County . Generally we feel the SOCF report offers sound guidance towards shaping a landscape that will support at least much of indigenous biodiversity . But we found some aspects under - represented , the inclusion of which could do more to foster local protection of an integral green infrastructure .