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5/ 26/ 99. <br /> I Five percent ( 5 % ) for the Coastal and . Estuarine Water Beach <br /> Access Program . <br /> Local funding to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund ( PARTF ) through <br /> revenue stamps began in the 1996 - 97 fiscal year. Through March <br /> 199 % Orange County ( including the towns ) has contributed <br /> $ 1 , 351 , 727 into the Parks and Recreation Trust : Fund through the <br /> state "s 48 % portion of the funding arrangement . Of that amount , <br /> $ 304 , 139- has gone to the . local government matching grants program . <br /> To date , the N . C . Recreation and &Parks Authority has allocated <br /> $ 31 , 500 back .into Orange County , to the Town of Hillsborough for the <br /> Occoneechee . Mountain Park : This is the only local funding received . <br /> Total Revenue Stamps Collected <br /> from Orange County March . . . <br /> 52 % back to County local <br /> governments <br /> 48 % portilon to State <br /> • • of 48 • • to Parks and <br /> Recreation Trust Fu • <br /> . $ 1 , 351 , 727 <br /> 30 % of Parks and Recreation Trust <br /> Fund available for local government <br /> grants <br /> ' . <br /> Parks and Recreation Trust Fund $ 's <br /> Allocated inside County <br /> The remaining twenty - five percent ( 25 % ) of the local revenue stamps <br /> goes to the Natural Heritage Trust Fund created under G . S . 113 - 77 . 7 . . <br /> The monies generated from this fund are used to acquire natural land_ s <br /> for state parks , preserves , wildlife conservation areas , coastal <br /> reserves , natural and scenic rivers , historic site properties , and other <br /> outdoor recreation and natural areas . Fund priorities are given to <br /> projects that will protect areas of state or national ecological <br /> significance or outstanding cultural significance , and are granted only <br /> to state and federal agencies , Funds are only available to state <br /> agencies , or local governments working in conjunction with state <br /> agencies . . <br /> To date , Orange County has contributed $ 337 , 932 to the Natural <br /> Heritage Fund program through revenue stamps . The only federal or <br /> state programs in Orange County, that have received money is the Eno <br /> River State Park , <br /> 2 From the Natural Heritage Trust Fund webpage . <br /> 28 <br />