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y 1 Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan 2001 -02 Adopted 41111/01 for farmland conservation easement on Victor Walters farm in Cedar o Q 1 Grove Township Because another six months remain • Received grant of $ 5, 000 from the NC Natural Heritage Program for an in the first year of the Lands Legacy , program , a complete report on the update of Orange County s nd 2000 - 2001 fiscal year will not be inventory of Natural s a All Wildlife Habitat . Note available until December 2001 . The Inventory sites are now incorporated , following are a few items worth in the N . C . Natural Heritage Program' mentioning from the first half year of the current Annual Action Plan . Established the Orange County Land Conservation Alliance, Received grants of $ 1 . 14 million bringing together staff from partner toward land acquisitions — as entities in land conservation to share follows : information for potential collaboration on resource protection • $ 377, 000 from the Clean Water projects Management Trust , Fund and $ 250 , 000 from the NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund for land acquisition for the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area . Also received a grant of $ 262, 000 from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund for development of the park • . Purchased the Orange County portion ( 136 acres) of the proposed 391 - acre Little River Regional Park and Natural Area ( November 7 , 2000) to be owned and managed jointly with Durham County . [ Durham County purchased 170 acres ; another 85 acres , to be purchased by July 2001 ] • Closed on the McGowan Creek � Preserve, a former Duke Forest landholding purchased from Duke University, using $ 143 , 000 in grant funds from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund • Received grant of $ 107 , 000 from Farmland Preservation Trust Fund 8