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• Move Mary Willis ' office to the location of Emily Cameron ' s old office . This move will better consolidate Current Planning Staff in one location and will place the supervisor in a more central position relative to the remaining staff. • Convert Mary Willis ' old office location to a Map Room and secondary Intern Work Area . The only exception is the GIS work station area which would be retained in its current location, including the offices of Miriam Coleman and Elizabeth McFarland . 4 Land Trusts The purpose of this section is to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a land trust for Orange County, including the applicability of such an approach to the goals of agricultural ` preservation, natural resource protection, historic preservation, and rural character protection . What is a Land Trust ? A land trust is a local, regional or state nonprofit organization involved in protecting land for its natural, recreational, scenic, historical or productive value . Because most land trusts are private, nonprofit organizations, they depend on volunteer leadership and support even if they have a professional staff. They can be organized to protect a single piece of property or to carry out a larger preservation agenda. They may focus on a community, on a region, on a particular type of resource such as a bottomland hardwood forest; or a protection project such as a river corridor . Should a Land Trust Be Formed ? Before determining whether the formation of a land trust is feasible, it is advisable to determine first if a local land trust is the best approach to use . For example, setting up a land trust r may not be warranted if only small areas with limited resource value are to be preserved or the trust simply duplicates the efforts of an existing regional, state or national organization. Conservation Lands Lands which could be conserved in Orange County cover a variety of natural , historic, productive, recreational, and scenic resources . In some instances , the land area may be small or not have special resource value, and finding an existing land trust to conserve the land would be preferable to setting up a new one . However, if these resources are combined into a coherent conservation network, establishing a new land trust becomes more feasible . As an example, the Land Use Element uses a technique referred to as overlay mapping to display and group resources together into two categories - "Primary Conservation Areas" and "Secondary Conservation Areas" .