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Draft 4/ 28/ 99 the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority based on criteria patterned after the Open Project- Selection Process established for the Land and Water Conservation Fund administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. 3 ) Five percent ( 5 % ) for the Coastal and Estuarine Water Beach Access Program , Local funding to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) through revenue stamps began with the 1996- 97 fiscal year. Through March 1999, revenue stamps from Orange County (including towns), have contributed $ 1, 351, 727 into the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, and $304, 139 of that amount has gone to the local- government matching grants program . To date, the N. C. Recreation and Parks Authority has allocated $31, 500 ,j back into Orange County, to the Town of Hillsborough for the Occoneechee Mountain Park. This is the only local funding that has been received. The remaining twenty - five percent ( 25 % ) of the local revenue stamps goes to the Natural Heritage Trust Fund created under G . S . 113 - 77 . 7 . The monies generated from this fund are used to acquire natural lands for state parks , preserves , wildlife conservation areas , coastal reserves , natural and scenic rivers , historic site properties , and other outdoor recreation and natural areas . Fund priorities are given to projects which will protect areas of state or national ' ecological significance or outstanding cultural significance , 2 To date, Orange County has contributed $337, 932 to the Natural Heritage program through this method. No - projects in Orange County have received a grant from the Natural Heritage Trust Fund, although some moneys have been appropriated to the Eno River State Park. z From the Natural Heritage Trust Fund webpage . 26