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i <br /> - - : _ <br /> OFF, <br /> - <br /> - FA <br /> AF <br /> f • <br /> The Chapel Hill News . <br /> Friday, July 14 , 2000EWS <br /> N <br /> F. <br /> ate:C11 <br /> .Afi» gigs:s `, :a` `9.ax.x -<a <br /> XG Y�..s13 1+ 'll< t '.W,W' 2 Si`h�,% ' �.j�G <br /> j _�k '3 n $ R <br /> range <br /> creates 4 <br /> �i a w . :: Y3 >Y ,c. c5a' - <br /> e. <br /> FF <br /> OF Ale <br /> e Ales <br /> oFi <br /> tp `'Sh <br /> - A a legacy All% , <br /> i+, e.•u < > >< s. �Aw ' �x�� t� •goytdw. rt • }$� aK _ z�'y -< , " { t4,,�. ' <br /> • ,d,,,s " - - ,cx .. "`F ?a^srakr... K }� > :3y2�'. <br /> r 0h' l EfiY a — A A u <br /> t ! < s .,BRE,`1sx aura aim .s,}^ . . . <br /> - S Y '.. ! 'bt fY iNF Ras? •'Yy� ♦ ,Y`AAw: -' `` � -# `W <br /> Ali <br /> IF OFF <br /> of land <br /> � u V . <br /> <, aa• .z s. � a<ez<' �Pr y. rrAl <br /> ^:, a' <br /> ram' 'm4 C �CAwl <br /> ss . s� P <br /> e m a s , h. }=�'�ry, s< 'z,sa ... <br /> County aims t ® save z� f Y - � <br /> xx ; s <br /> pristine forests and x �' ` �� �!< _ <br /> 5 7 ! r < X a <br /> All <br /> places to la 2 s , FAA . A OFF <br /> x , 2 M <br /> t M Q` <br /> T <br /> A ,z .§Y rsx <x r <br /> �Y STEPI IAAN <br /> x xair s�v:.. . rr tY< Y Sri HARRIS <br /> The News � X zr �'m .y <br /> & Observer R � �1 r :Hz <br /> s NAFs zs'�"zxa£ „a - ,� � ¢s�, Mrs AwAn <br /> i•r-�k � a,AN y. }< �„`� <br /> Orange County environmental Y��flXa &mot � �� � AFy ON <br /> �£ � �~ s <br /> a z o€4Ia �zx a �wa x � .. 3w"^'z zr^ N f <br /> officials have . be ' *�� � ,}} b , "' a� ` �Pi <br /> gun an ambitious . rf t t <br /> a. a t F� x ; 9 r x .a sc " '` '� *x <br /> �£ <br /> VAl <br /> campaign to preserve thousands " ::< . � <br /> of acres of land, hoping to keep the `� � 3 # � Fei tit <br /> • . <' k. ¢ <. ,c >. "'''. , cam, - H,Si a <br /> IFFO lee. <br /> Fee <br /> county's swaths of woods, farm- XFe A <br /> 2'd'ii .17 : �� 1, `7^» <br /> lands and open fields intact. � � kAll-s 8 . . vMg rt ry °r! t3s sskx � <br /> The Lands Legacy program aA. 'k.N � � k .�� <br /> one �R r .. w .. <br /> of o a ;L� �w �.; £ � '�` „K; � . ' <br /> my handful of county-ru >rF >:, ,! <br /> land �. ., <br /> acquisition estate, <br /> ffor is <br /> n h �... . .. : , . , � . ,. _ <br /> has been launched with the pur- ��� a <br /> chase of 63A. Mm <br /> a _ t <br /> acres in Duke Forest a . , <br /> adjacent to the A � 9 <br /> Eno River and � � }fiF a L � <br /> ,A v szs �ar l � fs�'R" tatr l k <br /> n Creek :< <br /> McGowan ust zap <br /> j west of <br /> Hillsborough . } z-. < . �S £ <br /> � :h<; "��i.., s<��• RK ?s—�<xNx�p ag az � � .c s � � ,� <br /> Recently christened ' a 3 , � ' _ � . $ : azL � ;£ r ✓ v � <br /> the F ; G �f � w <br /> McGowan a <br /> a y <br /> Creek Preserve, the � . �� t ` . - R <br /> woodehardwood <br /> area a � h �. s:. _ < x ��. £a �� � <br /> mix of fa} � z <br /> A : �� x NJIF fNI. <br /> and pine trees, was acquired for ,a, " ' < x x.Yrf <br /> 06 <br /> x : : s Y <br /> watershed ' <br /> protection . , .t:a °� sir Y 00! ; <br /> "This is the y e `county' s process of .. k £f x s M a <br /> stepping in to become a player, r <br /> d A ?a s ar Rl y <br /> sal David Stancil, conservation "' x x�> ; ` � : zT ; £ ra ; �} i <br /> department "We' re � s Y f r = < . �x �� A < .,., <br /> director . not . . , ss fix^ �j , x } x �s ; y �s <br /> doing it Paz ...AA � .:. �€ <br /> so much for ourselves as €= tY } n Y A <br /> for our childrent Z y <br /> FAA <br /> and grandchil , ' t'� t# xx <br /> dren . " F t »cam Y a$ rz Xs r t F rs£� R ' -Amt r £g <,a 'R <br /> t x. ° n < a = 3 azt 3y k` s � x3s tk q� baw <br /> A. <br /> The county ' s new EnvironmentMOO <br /> r All <br /> and Resource ws Cons �"R< ?a tr : . < ?x5Y f <r � a s : <br /> ervat2onFI <br /> AA <br /> x f � A$xy � r ..fix` . .. Y <br /> Q <br /> S £ <br /> Pt�artmPnf• „ o , ,, ,� <br />