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Draft Outline (841 01 ) Natural Areas Element 4 <br /> Natural Areas Element <br /> Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br /> Table of Contents <br /> Lists of Figures , Tables , Maps <br /> 1 . 0 Introduction [include definitions of "natural areas " and "open space '] <br /> - 2 . 0 Overview of Orange County ' s Natural Landscape <br /> [Emphasize plant and wildlife habitat using narrative and maps from existing <br /> Land Use Element ; expand and amend as needed; there will be separate Water <br /> Resources and Recreation & Parks elements .] <br /> 3 . 0 Summary of Existing Inventories and Available Knowledge <br /> 3 . 1 Inventory of Public/ Privately Owned lands in Orange County ( ERCD , 2000 ) <br /> 3 . 2 Inventory of Sites of Cultural , Historic , Recreational , Biological and Geographical <br /> Significance in the Unincorporated Portions of Orange County ( 1988 , Orange <br /> County Planning Dept . ) <br /> 3 . 3 Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats ( 1988 , TLC ) <br /> 3 . 4 Catalogue Vascular Flora of the Duke Forest , NC ( Palmer , 1990 ) <br /> 3 . 5 New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan ( 1991 , Orange/ Durham/ChH111 ) <br /> 3 . 6 Land Evaluation and Site Assessment ( LESA ) Program for Farmland Evaluation <br /> ( Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board , 1992 ) <br /> 3 . 7 Catalogue of Permanent Accessions ( NC Botanical Garden , 1993 ) <br /> 3 . 8 Aquatic Inventory of Eno River State Park ( NCWRC , 1996 ) <br /> 3 . 9 A Landscape with Wildlife , Part 1 ( 1997 , Triangle Land Conservancy) <br /> 3 . 10 Rating Land in Orange County for its Wildlife Value : A Landscape with <br /> Wildlife , Part II ( 1999 , Triangle Land Conservancy) <br /> 3 . 11 Jordan Lake Natural Heritage Inventory ( 1999 , NC Nat Heritage Program ) <br /> 3 . 12 State of the Environment Report ( 2000 , Orange County CfE ) <br /> 3 . 13 A Lands Legacy Program for Orange County ( 2000 , Orange Co . ERCD ) <br /> 3 . 14 Status of Open Space 2000 ( 2000 , Triangle Land Conservancy) <br /> 3 . 15 Inventory of Breeding Birds in Orange County (Wiley/ UNC ) <br /> 3 . 16 Listings from the NC Natural Heritage Program ( NCDENR ) <br /> 4 . 0 Inventory of Orange County Natural Areas [ 1988 ] <br /> 5 . 0 Status of Orange County Natural Areas [CfE State of Env. , updates] <br /> 6 . 0 Current Protection Measures [summarize; critique; what 's missing] <br /> 6 . 1 Legal Tools <br /> 6 . 1 . 1 Zoning Ordinance , as amended <br /> 6 . 1 . 2 Subdivision Regulations , as amended <br /> 6 . 1 . 3 Environmental Impact Ordinance <br /> 6 . 1 . 4 Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br /> 6 . 1 . 5 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance , as amended <br /> 6 . 1 . 6 Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance <br />