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Draft 4/ 28/ 99 Carrboro. . . (to be added - link to bikeways) While the Town of Hillsborough does not have a formal greenways program, recent initiatives to link Occoneechee Mountain to the Eno River State Park and develop a Riverwalk along the Eno in Hillsborough (in conjunction with Orange County) would form a significant beginning for a greenways system in the Town . There is a fourth area where the potential for greenways currently exists, although no facilities have been planned or " developed to date. The 1986 Joint Planning Area Plan Use Plan adopted by the County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro contains a strategy map that provides for future greenway corridors along the network of streams in the Rural Buffer area as well as the Town 's long - term transition areas. Through the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, the County has a policy to require dedication of land for greenways in the Rural Buffer area. While some land has been dedicated to date in the Rural Buffer, no plans have been developed for a greenway system. This subject would likely be dealt with in the planned revision to the County Master Recreation and Parks Plan. 2. Wildlife Corridors In 1988, the Triangle Land ' Conservancy developed an Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County. In identifying 64 of the most significant sites countywide, the Inventory also identified and addressed the importance of preserving wildlife corridors along selected streams and ridges as connectors. These connectors provide habitat and allow migrating wildlife to move between larger open land masses and water bodies. The need for this green skeleton will increase in the future, as development continues to occur. The proposed wildlife corridor connects the .Jordan Lake lands to University Lake, Cane Creek Reservoir to the Eno River and Little River. This corridor has been incorporated in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan as part of the Resource Protection Area category. Much of the wildlife corridor lies within floodplain or poorly-drained land that would not be developed, but important overland connectors exist along several ridges. Attempts to protect this corridor in its natural state are currently pursued through the County's voluntary Flexible Development ordinance. Other corridors may also be important to the natural eco -system and wildlife habitat. 21