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Prima O eratin Princi les As adopted in Lands Legacy and other subsequent documents, the pursuit of long-term priorities will be guided by several opera~ng principles: • Voluntary Participation: We would work only with willing sellers • Public Outreach: We would continue to publish and distribute brochures on tax benefits and other advantages to donation and sale of land. • Grants: We would continue to aggressively pursue grants at all levels • Adopted Guidelines and Projects: Acquisitions would follow adopted guidelines and principles in the Lands Legacy program document • Balance opportunities and threats: Some threats to resource lands are known - at other times unforeseen opportunities arise.. The program should retain flexibility and funding to address both types of needs • Collaboration: We would continue our practice of collaboration with other local governments, land trusts/associations, OWASA, Duke and UNC. In addition, the County might pursue assisting coalitions of interested citizen and neighborhood groups that might, share interest in land conservation • Meeting Multiple Needs: We would continue to focus on opportunities that meet multiple needs (natural areas that include riparian buffers, parklands that include historic sites) to maximize available funding • Multiple Methods: Types of protection tools would include fee-simple purchase, conservation easements, timber rights purchase. Acquisitions may also be achieved in conjunction with the Planning Department through the development process, where appropriate. Goals Ob'ectives for 2002-2010 As adopted, the Lands Legacy program has five types of resource land acquisitions: • Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat • Farmland Preservation • Parklands and Open Space • Cultural and Archaeological Resources, and • Watershed Riparian Buffers For each of these areas, the following sub-sections identify longer-term priorities culled from existing documents and advisory board recommendations: 2