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5 / 18/ 99 <br /> while select town perceptions focus on increasing public-sector <br /> facility pressures. <br /> UNC is also working to encourage the public use of some of its <br /> facilities such as the Carolina Outdoor Education Center (see <br /> Appendix E) . This facility includes tennis courts, a frisbee golf <br /> course, bike trails, and rope courses. UNC wants to educate the <br /> public about recreation availability, especially encouraging lesser- <br /> known facilities around campus. <br /> F . Coordination Opportunities with OWASA <br /> The Orange Water and Sewer Authority ( OWASA ) has been an active part of <br /> Orange County 's efforts surrounding recreation and park planning . <br /> Representatives of the OWASA Board and staff are members of the Work <br /> Group , and <br /> ' have actively contributed to the efforts of the County in providing <br /> higher levels of recreation and park service to citizens in the community . <br /> OWASA owns over 3 , 000 acres in Orange County , and the local governments <br /> have expressed interest in discussing recreation possibilities on parts of these <br /> holdings . <br /> Both OWASA - owned Cane Creek Reservoir lands and University Lake ( which <br /> is leased from UNC ) are unique recreational locations in the County . These <br /> combined areas represent nearly 2 , 000 acres within southwestern Orange <br /> County . As some of the only formal locations with boating , fishing , and <br /> canoeing in the County , these areas are recreational opportunities the <br /> County is interested in maintaining . Partnerships with OWASA are avenues <br /> for encouraging the provision of recreational opportunities on OWASA lands . <br /> Opportunities appear to exist for local governments to work with OWASA . In <br /> particular, local governments may be interested in discussing with OWASA <br /> long - term scenarios for some lands , including mitigation lands acquired <br /> during the building of Cane Creek Reservoir , The OWASA Board of Directors <br /> has asked the local governments that requests regarding recreation use be <br /> made on specific parcels ( please see Appendix F ) . OWASA 's primary objective <br /> of water quality protection will determine their policy decisions regarding <br /> appropriate intensity of use on specific holdings . In addition , OWASA has <br /> acquisition plans for nearly 1300 new acres in the Cane Creek watershed , <br /> which may offer another potential opportunity for partnership with local <br /> governments for the provision of iowJmpact recreation . <br /> G . Coordination Opportunities with Duke University <br /> Duke Forest is private land owned and managed by Duke University <br /> as an outdoor educational and research facility. Comprised of seven <br /> disjunct tracts of land, the Forest covers nearly 8000 acres of <br /> 19 <br />