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Orange receive ' grant forI* ttle R �ver Park Governor Hunt has informed Or- recreation areas . The LWCF grant is Clean Water Management Trust ange County that the State of North expected to provide funds for devel - Fund . Afund- raising campaign to Carolina is recommending to the oping park facilities for public use, complete this project is being conducted National Park Service that the county , such as a parking area, picnic shelter, by the Triangle Land Conservancy and receive a grant from the Land and bathrooms , playground , and hiking Eno River Association . water Conservation Fund ( LWCF) . trails . A park advisory committee In all , the state received 46 applica- The recommended amount of the will convene beginning this fall to tions for funds from LWCF with re - grant is $ 262 , 000 to be shared with help decide on allowed park land quests totaling over $ 5 . 6 million . Six Durham County for the proposed uses and the specific locations of local government projects have been Little River Regional Park and Natu - future park amenities . The property recommended to receive grants for land ral . Area . will be managed jointly by Orange acquisition or development of public and Durham counties , outdoor recreation areas . A total of Orange County ( in partnership with $ 865 , 426 . is available to . North Caro - Durham County , the triangle Land Orange County Commissioner lina this year from LWCF . For the first Conservancy and the Eno River As Chair Moses Carey Jr . said , "This time since 1995 , Congress included sociation ) is working on the joint grant allows us to develop a legacy of funding in the 1999/2000 budget for acquisition and preservation of 391 cooperation that will pay dividends the states ' portion of the Land and acres along the North Fork of the for the community and this area for Water Conservation Fund . Little River for the new park . Most of years to come . " I Congress is now considering a bill the land is expected to be purchased Last May , Orange County and that could dedicate $ 900 million to the this fall . The property is owned � by Durham County signed . purchase Fund each year from offshore oil drill - the Triangle Community Foundation agreements to purchase the property ing revenues . In total , the Conservation and . straddles the county line , with from the Triangle Community Foun - and Reinvestment Act ( CARA ) , 136 acres in Orange County and 255 dation for $ 1 , 014 , 000 . Two other HR701 , could devote $ 3 billion a year acres in Durham . grants from the State will be used to into - a variety of conservation programs . ' The proposed park will preserve purchase the land — $250 ,000 from As much as $ 47 million of that fund areas along the North Fork of the the N . C . Parks and Recreation Trust could be earmarked for projects in North Little River, and feature low - impact Fund and , $ 377 , 000 from the N . C. Carolina .